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libreoffice — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6185

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6185

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2023, 12:15 UTC

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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