CVE-2023-6185
Improper input validation enabling arbitrary Gstreamer pipeline injection
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.3 High
- Published
- Dec 11, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 17, 2023
Description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins.
In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.3 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H | Document Fdn. |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LibreOfficeThe Document Foundation |
|
References
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-6185vendor-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5574
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB7UB6CTWQUDOE657OVVRSDYUY3IPBJG/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
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