CVE-2018-16858
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could
02 Description
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could
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
- 67.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2019-03-25 17:43Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-11
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 57cc7a774036ed156ef45068af4952cbd03fceab2679ca73cf2f07601ea1d6a1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.libreoffice.orghttps://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
- www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
- www.exploit-db.com46727https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2130https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130
- seclists.org20190815 [SECURITY] [DSA 4501-1] libreoffice security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1929http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libreoffice-fresh Fixed in 6.1.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:6.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.