CVE-2024-12426

Publication date 7 January 2025

Last updated 27 January 2025


Ubuntu priority

Exposure of Environmental Variables and arbitrary INI file values to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice. URLs could be constructed which expanded environmental variables or INI file values, so potentially sensitive information could be exfiltrated to a remote server on opening a document containing such links. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libreoffice 24.10 oracular
Fixed 4:24.8.4-0ubuntu0.24.10.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.13

Notes


mdeslaur

likely affects earlier releases than 24.8, contrary to description

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libreoffice

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7228-1
    • LibreOffice vulnerabilities
    • 27 January 2025

Other references