Improper Certificate Validation in LibreOffice - CVE-2024-6472

 

Improper Certificate Validation in LibreOffice - CVE-2024-6472

Published: August 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95342
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6472
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: LibreOffice
Affected software:
LibreOffice

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due improper certificate validation when handling documents with signed macros inside. If the macro has an untrusted signature, the use can ignore the failure and enable the macros anyway.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-6472

Install updates from vendor's website.

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