Out-of-Bounds Affecting libreoffice package, versions [,6.0.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBREOFFICE-2370808
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14939  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libreoffice to version 6.0.5.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The get_app_path function in desktop/unx/source/start.c in LibreOffice through 6.0.5 mishandles the realpath function in certain environments such as FreeBSD libc, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact if LibreOffice is automatically launched during web browsing with pathnames controlled by a remote web site.

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