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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4020-1 libreoffice security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5846-1 libreoffice security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-50846 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7228-1 LibreOffice vulnerabilities
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History

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Libreoffice
Libreoffice libreoffice
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:24.8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Libreoffice
Libreoffice libreoffice
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Low


Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Path traversal leading to arbitrary .ttf file write
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Document Fdn.

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:36:38.438Z

Reserved: 2024-12-10T16:37:20.903Z

Link: CVE-2024-12425

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:36:38.438Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-01-07T12:15:24.183

Modified: 2025-12-08T18:38:59.543

Link: CVE-2024-12425

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-01-07T11:15:08Z

Links: CVE-2024-12425 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:00:52Z

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