Medium severity · published Dec 20, 2019
CVE-2012-5639
LibreOffice and OpenOffice automatically open embedded content
6.5
CVSS
5.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.8% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libreoffice · Libreoffice
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OP
Openoffice · Apache
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5639
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5639
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/14/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/6
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/6
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/7
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5639
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5639
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