What is CVE-2015-6948?

CVE-2015-6948 is a vulnerability in Corel Wordperfect, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-09-15.

Is CVE-2015-6948 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Corel Wordperfect

CVE-2015-6948

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Word document conversion feature in Corel WordPerfect allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.041 (89.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Corel Wordperfect
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6948?: CVE-2015-6948 is a vulnerability in Corel Wordperfect, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-09-15.
Is CVE-2015-6948 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.