peter bassill · operator
$ cve CVE-2019-9851 JSON

CVE-2019-9851 EXPLOIT

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 78.3% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

LibreOffice is typically bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which can execute arbitrary python commands contained with the document it is launched from. Protection was added, to address CVE-2019-9848, to block calling LibreLogo from document event script handers, e.g. mouse over. However LibreOffice also has a separate feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on various global script events such as document-open, etc. In the fixed versions, global script event handlers are validated equivalently to document script event handlers. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.6.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS78.35% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-20
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2019-08-15
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (5)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
libreofficelibreoffice
opensuseleap

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbLibreOffice < 6.2.6 Macro - Python Code Execution (Metasploit)2019-08-21

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD