Low severity · published Jan 7, 2025
CVE-2024-12425
Path traversal leading to arbitrary .ttf file write
3.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
LibreOffice · The Document Foundation
24.8 before < 24.8.4 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12425
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12425
Vendor Advisory
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2024-12425
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00013.html
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