Bug 2336110 (CVE-2024-12425)

Summary: CVE-2024-12425 LibreOffice: Path traversal leading to arbitrary .ttf file write
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A flaw was found in LibreOffice. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to write to arbitrary locations on the file system suffixed with ".ttf" via a specially crafted file that supports embedded font files.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-01-07 12:01:09 UTC
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.