High severity · published Nov 12, 2025
CVE-2025-64401
Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document that would cause external links
to be loaded without prompt. In the affected versions of Apache OpenOffice, documents that used "floating frames" linked to external files would
load the contents of those frames without prompting the user for
permission to do so.
This issue affects Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.15.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.16, which fixes the issue.
The LibreOffice suite reported this issue as CVE-2023-2255
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openoffice · Apache
before 4.1.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64401
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64401
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/o00dtgvhr9tx8r4y8vf6y2mg7nn6mx6c
Vendor Advisory
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2025-64401.html
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