CVE-2019-9848

Published: 16 July 2019

LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on various document events such as mouse-over, etc. LibreOffice is typically also bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which can be manipulated into executing arbitrary python commands. By using the document event feature to trigger LibreLogo to execute python contained within a document a malicious document could be constructed which would execute arbitrary python commands silently without warning. In the fixed versions, LibreLogo cannot be called from a document event handler. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.5.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9848
• https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2019-9848/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4063-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

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