CVE-2019-9853

CVE-2019-9853: Insufficient URL decoding flaw in categorizing macro location

Vendor Document Foundation
Product LibreOffice
Weakness CWE-116
Published September 27, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 27, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated