MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2022-3140

Libreoffice vulnerability

CVSS
6.3
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
LibreOffice supports Office URI Schemes to enable browser integration of LibreOffice with MS SharePoint server. An additional scheme 'vnd.libreoffice.command' specific to LibreOffice was added. In the affected versions of LibreOffice links using that scheme could be constructed to call internal macros with arbitrary arguments. Which when clicked on, or activated by document events, could result in arbitrary script execution without warning. This issue affects: The Document Foundation LibreOffice 7.4 versions prior to 7.4.1; 7.3 versions prior to 7.3.6.
Affected vendor
Libreoffice
Affected product
Libreoffice
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-88 — Argument Injection
Published
2022-10-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-3140

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