Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows Absolute Path Traversal. An attacker can write to arbitrary locations, albeit suffixed with ".ttf", by supplying a file in a format that supports embedded font files. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Problem types
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Product status
24.8 (24.8 series) before < 24.8.4
Credits
Thomas Rinsma of Codean Labs
References
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00013.html
www.libreoffice.org/...us/security/advisories/cve-2024-12425