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CVE-2023-6185

Published: Dec 11, 2023

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.3

HIGH

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
The Document Foundation	LibreOffice	affected `7.5 - < 7.5.9` affected `7.6 - < 7.6.3`

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-6185

vendor-advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5574

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QB7UB6CTWQUDOE657OVVRSDYUY3IPBJG/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html

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