CVE-2024-12425 (GCVE-0-2024-12425)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-07 11:15 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:36
VLAI
Title
Path traversal leading to arbitrary .ttf file write
Summary
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows Absolute Path Traversal. An attacker can write to arbitrary locations, albeit suffixed with ".ttf", by supplying a file in a format that supports embedded font files. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Severity
2.4 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
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CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Document Foundation LibreOffice Affected: 24.8 , < < 24.8.4 (24.8 series)
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Credits
Thomas Rinsma of Codean Labs
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