CVE-2018-16858
libreoffice - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 92.3%
Description
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.
How to fix CVE-2018-16858
To remediate CVE-2018-16858, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:6.1.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u12 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u5 or later
Is CVE-2018-16858 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 92.3%, placing CVE-2018-16858 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:6.1.3-1
- from 0, < 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u12
- from 0, < 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |