Path Traversal in Libreoffice
CVE-2024-12425
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows Absolute Path Traversal. An attacker can write to arbitrary locations, albeit suffixed with ".ttf", by supplying a file in a format that supports embedded font files. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Libreoffice — versions 24.8.0.0
- The Document Foundation Libreoffice — versions 24.8
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@documentfoundation.org (Vendor Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12425?
- CVE-2024-12425 is a low-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2025-01-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12425?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12425 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.