What is CVE-2018-14939?

CVE-2018-14939 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-14939?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libreoffice

CVE-2018-14939

The 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 a…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libreoffice
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14939?: CVE-2018-14939 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-14939?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.