Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Assigned by Document Fdn.
CVE-2024-12426URL fetching can be used to exfiltrate arbitrary INI file values and environment variables
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure in LibreOffice from The Document Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Exposure of Environmental Variables and arbitrary INI file values to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice. URLs could be constructed which expanded environmental variables or INI file values, so potentially sensitive information could be exfiltrated to a remote server on opening a document containing such links. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libreoffice | 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u6 | DSA-5846-1 |
| Debian:12 | libreoffice | 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-12426 |
| Debian:13 | libreoffice | 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-12426 |
| Debian:14 | libreoffice | 4:24.8.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-12426 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libreoffice | 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 | USN-7228-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libreoffice | 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12426 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libreoffice | 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12426 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libreoffice | 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | USN-7228-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Document Foundation | LibreOffice | 24.8 – before < 24.8.4 |
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N