CVE-2019-9853 is a vulnerability in LibreOffice
Published on September 27, 2019
Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location
LibreOffice documents can contain macros. The execution of those macros is controlled by the document security settings, typically execution of macros are blocked by default. A URL decoding flaw existed in how the urls to the macros within the document were processed and categorized, resulting in the possibility to construct a document where macro execution bypassed the security settings. The documents were correctly detected as containing macros, and prompted the user to their existence within the documents, but macros within the document were subsequently not controlled by the security settings allowing arbitrary macro execution This issue affects: LibreOffice 6.2 series versions prior to 6.2.7; LibreOffice 6.3 series versions prior to 6.3.1.
Weakness Type
What is an Output Sanitization Vulnerability?
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
CVE-2019-9853 has been classified to as an Output Sanitization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-9853
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Affected Versions
Document Foundation LibreOffice:- Version 6.2 series and below 6.2.7 is affected.
- Version 6.3 series and below 6.3.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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