--- title: 'USN-5694-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5694-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-5694-1 --- # USN-5694-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities Publication date 20 October 2022 Overview Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice. Releases [22.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=jammy) [20.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=focal) [18.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=bionic) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [libreoffice](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=libreoffice) - Office productivity suite ## Details It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled links using the Office URI Schemes. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary scripts. ([CVE-2022-3140](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3140)) Thomas Florian discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled crashes when an encrypted document is open. If the document is recovered upon restarting LibreOffice, subsequent saves of the document were unencrypted. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. ([CVE-2020-12801](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12801)) Jens Müller discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain documents containing forms. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files when the form was submitted. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. ( --- Show more ## Update instructions In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 22.04 LTS jammy | [libreoffice](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice) –  [1:7.3.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:7.3.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2) | | | | 20.04 LTS focal | [libreoffice](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice) –  [1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.6](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.6) | | | | 18.04 LTS bionic | [libreoffice](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice) –  [1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.12](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.12) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2022-3140](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3140) * [CVE-2022-26307](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26307) * [CVE-2022-26306](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26306) * [CVE-2022-26305](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26305) * [CVE-2020-12803](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12803) * [CVE-2020-12801](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12801) ## Related notices * [USN-5661-1](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5661-1)