Improper Input Validation Affecting libreoffice package, versions [,6.1.6)[6.2,6.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBREOFFICE-2370807
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2019

CVE-2019-9847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libreoffice to version 6.1.6, 6.2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A vulnerability in LibreOffice hyperlink processing allows an attacker to construct documents containing hyperlinks pointing to the location of an executable on the target users file system. If the hyperlink is activated by the victim the executable target is unconditionally launched. Under Windows and macOS when processing a hyperlink target explicitly activated by the user there was no judgment made on whether the target was an executable file, so such executable targets were launched unconditionally. This issue affects: All LibreOffice Windows and macOS versions prior to 6.1.6; LibreOffice Windows and macOS versions in the 6.2 series prior to 6.2.3.

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