Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 7.5.8/7.6.2 GStreamer input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 7.5.8/7.6.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GStreamer. The manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-6185. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Document Foundation LibreOffice up to 7.5.8/7.6.2 (Office Suite Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component GStreamer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.

The weakness was released 12/11/2023. The advisory is available at libreoffice.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-6185 since 11/17/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208635 (CentOS 7 : libreoffice (RHSA-2024:3304)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.5.9 or 7.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208635). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 208635
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : libreoffice (RHSA-2024:3304)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: LibreOffice 7.5.9/7.6.3

Timelineinfo

11/17/2023 🔍
12/11/2023 +24 days 🔍
12/11/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/21/2025 +497 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2023-0d971cd6aa
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247386

Entryinfo

Created: 12/11/2023 14:46
Updated: 04/21/2025 02:25
Changes: 12/11/2023 14:46 (50), 01/01/2024 13:00 (1), 01/01/2024 13:07 (12), 10/12/2024 09:00 (17), 04/21/2025 02:25 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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