CVE-2012-5639 (GCVE-0-2012-5639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-20 13:55 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
LibreOffice and OpenOffice automatically open embedded content
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-15 17:09 UTC
CWE
- UNKNOWN_TYPE
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/14/1 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5639 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r253f92d0e65… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/6 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/6 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/7 |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice; OpenOffice | LibreOffice, OpenOffice |
Affected:
through at least 2012-12-15
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