CVE-2019-9848
LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on various document events such as…
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Description
LibreOffice has a feature where documents can specify that pre-installed scripts can be executed on various document events such as mouse-over, etc. LibreOffice is typically also bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which can be manipulated into executing arbitrary python commands. By using the document event feature to trigger LibreLogo to execute python contained within a document a malicious document could be constructed which would execute arbitrary python commands silently without warning. In the fixed versions, LibreLogo cannot be called from a document event handler. This issue affects: Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.2.5.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.9% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- LibreOffice is typically bundled with LibreLogo, a programmable turtle vector graphics script, which could be leveraged to by an attacker document to silently execute arbitrary python commands
- CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs
Affected products
Document Foundation · LibreOffice
- affected unspecified – < 6.2.5
References (10)
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2019-9848 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4063-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-5561d20558 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 109374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20190815 [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-2fe22a3a2c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2183 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191006 [SECURITY] [DLA 1947-1] libreoffice security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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