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🛡️ CVE-2023-6185 on Ubuntu — libreoffice

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-6185 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package libreoffice. The fix is available in version 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6185 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libreoffice (fixed in 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 December 2023 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.libreoffice.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

libreoffice has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-6185 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libreoffice — 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4

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