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TI-2024-11527 Aliases CVE-2024-12425GHSA-6x53-588x-53g2

Path traversal leading to arbitrary .ttf file write

Priority LOW 12CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00323 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed LibreOffice (The Document Foundation): < 24.8.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
The Document FoundationLibreOffice24.8 to before < 24.8.4< 24.8.4Patch availableCNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*24.8.0.1 to before 24.8.4VulnerableThe Document Foundation
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*24.8.0.0 alpha1VulnerableThe Document Foundation
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*24.8.0.0 beta1VulnerableThe Document Foundation
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24.8.0.1 to before 24.8.4 Vulnerable ·The Document Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24.8.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·The Document Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24.8.0.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·The Document Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA LibreOffice (The Document Foundation) Fixed in < 24.8.4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    The Document Foundation LibreOffice < 24.8.4

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

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    • TI-2024-11528 URL fetching can be used to exfiltrate arbitrary INI file values and environment variablesPriority LOW 30
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12425
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6x53-588x-53g2

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2019-07233 LibreLogo global-event script execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-12068 Path traversal in [UNKNOWN] libreoffice CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07474 An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-07230 Code injection in Document Foundation LibreOffice CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05018 LibreOffice before 5.4.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-01118 Arbitrary file write in libreoffice CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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