01 Record

CVE-2018-14939

The get_app_path function in desktop/unx/source/start.c in LibreOffice through 6.0.5 mishandles the realpath function in certain environments such as FreeBSD libc, which might allow attackers to cause

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-08-05 18:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 09:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-08-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

19858e31fd9d7869790f7f8fd33c73e0335d676f1dc41244f3bf77e6e0f67f29

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

libreofficelibreofficeNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com105047http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105047vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugs.documentfoundation.orghttps://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118514x_refsource_MISC