CVE-2012-4233
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
LibreOffice 3.5.x before 3.5.7.2 and 3.6.x before 3.6.1, and OpenOffice.org (OOo), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted (1) odt file to vcllo.dll, (2) ODG (Drawing document) file to svxcorelo.dll, (3) PolyPolygon record in a .wmf (Window Meta File) file embedded in a ppt (PowerPoint) file to tllo.dll, or (4) xls (Excel) file to scfiltlo.dll.
Find out more about CVE-2012-4233 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider a user assisted denial of service (and potential crash) of end user application, such as tools from LibreOffice productivity suite, to be a security issue.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libreoffice | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openoffice.org | Will not fix |
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