Improper Input Validation Affecting libreoffice package, versions [,7.5.9)[7.6.0,7.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBREOFFICE-6119887
  • published12 Dec 2023
  • disclosed11 Dec 2023
  • creditReginaldo Silva

Introduced: 11 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6185  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libreoffice to version 7.5.9, 7.6.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to insufficient escaping on the filename of the embedded video when passed to gstreamer. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by exploiting the gstreamer plugin execution process.

CVSS Scores

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