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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4233 · published 19 November 2012

CVE-2012-4233: Libreoffice vulnerability

Libreoffice · Libreoffice

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.5% · top 11.3%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
3.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/binfilter/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=7e22ee55ffc9743692f3ddb93e59dd4427029c5
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=44bc6b5cac723b52df40fbef026e99b7119d8a69
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=6789ec4c1a9c6af84bd62e650a03226a46365d97
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=8ca9fb05c9967f11670d045886438ddfa3ac02a7
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00075.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2570
http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/cve-2012-4233/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56352
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79728
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79730
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79731
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79732
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23106
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/binfilter/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=7e22ee55ffc9743692f3ddb93e59dd4427029c5
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=44bc6b5cac723b52df40fbef026e99b7119d8a69
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=6789ec4c1a9c6af84bd62e650a03226a46365d97
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=8ca9fb05c9967f11670d045886438ddfa3ac02a7
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00075.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2570
http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/cve-2012-4233/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56352
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79728
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79730
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79731
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79732
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23106

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4233), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.