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title: "CVE-2020-12801\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-12801

Publication date 18 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12801?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

If LibreOffice has an encrypted document open and crashes, that document is
auto-saved encrypted. On restart, LibreOffice offers to restore the
document and prompts for the password to decrypt it. If the recovery is
successful, and if the file format of the recovered document was not
LibreOffice's default ODF file format, then affected versions of
LibreOffice default that subsequent saves of the document are unencrypted.
This may lead to a user accidentally saving a MSOffice file format document
unencrypted while believing it to be encrypted. This issue affects:
LibreOffice 6-3 series versions prior to 6.3.6; 6-4 series versions prior
to 6.4.3.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libreoffice | 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12801?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libreoffice | * Upstream:   [ae46145](https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/ae461458d23a8e2709c6a66d372c120cad703fd1) * Upstream:   [9e57fde](https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/9e57fde027b06fa82f3c6f471ea376a4c046b9ea) * Upstream:   [c16d9d8](https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/c16d9d8c745e4acf29148caa6d28e447f9ad9676) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12801)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12801)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-12801)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12801)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5694-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5694-1)
+ LibreOffice vulnerabilities
+ 20 October 2022

### Other references

* <https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12801>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12801>