CVE-2026-8358
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in LibreOffice Calc's spreadsheet importer. When processing tracked changes from a spreadsheet document, the application fails to properly handle duplicate change identifiers. By reusing the same change identifier for two distinct types of change objects, a maliciously crafted document can trick the importer into treating a change object as a different, larger data type than originally allocated. This mismatch causes the importer to write data past the boundaries of the allocated heap buffer, which could result in a denial of service (application crash) or limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity under the privileges of the current user.
Statement
This vulnerability affects LibreOffice Calc's tracked-changes import functionality. Red Hat Product Security has assessed this issue as a Moderate severity vulnerability.
The flaw occurs when importing spreadsheet documents containing tracked-change records that reuse the same change identifier for different change types. Under these conditions, the importer may incorrectly treat a change object as a different, larger object type and write beyond the bounds of the allocated heap buffer.
Successful exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted spreadsheet document. A remote attacker could leverage this issue to cause application crashes resulting in denial of service and potentially achieve limited disclosure or modification of data within the context of the affected application.
Mitigation
Red Hat is not aware of a practical temporary workaround that fully mitigates this issue or meets Red Hat Product Security's standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.6 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.
Other
Technical Impact: Unexpected State
Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.
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