CVE-2018-14939

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14939
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-05 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 20:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe get_app_path function in desktop/unx/source/start.c in LibreOffice through 6.0.5 mishandles the realpath function in certain environments such as FreeBSD libc, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact if LibreOffice is automatically launched during web browsing with pathnames controlled by a remote web site.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
118514 – overflow at realpath() MISC bugs.documentfoundation.org Third Party Advisory
LibreOffice CVE-2018-14939 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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