CVE-2018-14939

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The get_app_path function in desktop/unx/source/start.c in LibreOffice through 6.0.5 mishandles the realpath function in certain environments such as FreeBSD libc, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact if LibreOffice is automatically launched during web browsing with pathnames controlled by a remote web site.

Affected products

The Document Foundation LibreOffice: through 6.0.5

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105047
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105047
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118514

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