VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2024-12425

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows Absolute Path Traversal.

LOW 2.4EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 4.0: 2.4 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: libreoffice/libreoffice · debian/debian linux
Source: security@documentfoundation.org

References

https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2024-12425Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.