High severity · published Dec 11, 2023
CVE-2023-6185
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
38 · source: NVD
LI
Libreoffice · Libreoffice
7.5.0 before 7.5.9; 7.6.0 before 7.6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6185
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6185
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB7UB6CTWQUDOE657OVVRSDYUY3IPBJG/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5574
Vendor Advisory
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-6185
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