libreoffice — security advisory
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.
- Products
- libreoffice
- Affected versions
- 4:7.4.5-3, 4:7.4.7-1, 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1, 4:7.4.7-1~bpo11+1
- Fixed versions
- 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u1, 4:7.6.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-6185
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6185
libreoffice
Fixed versions: 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u1
libreoffice
Fixed versions: 4:7.6.3-1
libreoffice
Fixed versions: 4:7.6.3-1
Complete source record
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