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LibreOffice EUVDEUVD-2026-84352

| CVE-2026-63272 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
2026-09-22 Document Fdn. GHSA-c374-v965-jr6c
5.4
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: Document Fdn.
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft WMF text record with short advance array
  2. Delivery
    Deliver malicious document to victim
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens file in LibreOffice
  4. Execution
    Text rendering walks advance array past end
  5. Persist
    Heap buffer overflow
  6. Impact
    Application crash / memory corruption

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, write limits
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires the victim to open, in LibreOffice, a document or graphic that embeds a malicious WMF image containing a text record with its own character advance widths where the advance-value count is smaller than the text length. Exploitation is LIMITED by: local attack vector (AV:L) - the file must be delivered to and opened by the victim; mandatory user interaction (UI:P) - no drive-by/remote-unauthenticated path; and the crash-dominant impact profile (confidentiality/integrity Low, availability High), which bounds realistic outcomes to denial of service rather than reliable code execution. No special LibreOffice configuration is needed - WMF import is a default-enabled feature.

Impact

This is a low-real-priority memory-corruption bug despite a MEDIUM CVSS of 5.4. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H) is crash-dominant: only availability is High while confidentiality and integrity are Low, consistent with a heap out-of-bounds walk of an advance-width array that typically corrupts adjacent heap data and crashes rather than yielding attacker-controlled code execution. Exploitation is not remote-automatable - it is local (AV:L) and requires the victim to open a malicious file (UI:P/E:P is Proof-of-Concept maturity, not active exploitation). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit are provided, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent (local + user-interaction + crash-dominant impact = opportunistic, not wormable). One note: the CVSS 4.0 E:P (proof-of-concept exploit maturity) metric is present but no POC artifact is referenced in the single LibreOffice advisory - verify with vendor whether a POC actually exists, as this is the only weak divergence in the data.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a document (or standalone WMF graphic) embedding a WMF text record whose declared count of character advance widths is smaller than the length of the text to be drawn, and delivers it to a victim (email attachment, download). When the victim opens the file in LibreOffice, rendering the text walks the advance array by character position and reads/writes past its end, corrupting the heap and typically crashing the application. No public exploit is identified; the vendor CVSS marks exploit maturity as proof-of-concept.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 22, 2026

Heap buffer overflow in LibreOffice's WMF graphics import path affects documents embedding a crafted Windows Metafile, allowing a local attacker to corrupt memory when the victim opens the file. The flaw arises in a text record that carries its own character advance widths, where the count of advance values and the text length are read independently and need not agree, so rendering walks the advance array past its end when the array is shorter than the text. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the impact profile is crash-dominant (confidentiality and integrity Low, availability High), making realistic outcomes denial of service rather than reliable code execution. EPSS is not provided, but exploitation requires the victim to open a malicious document (AV:L, UI:P), so real-world priority is assessed as low despite the MEDIUM CVSS of 5.4.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor fix for CVE-2026-63272 from The Document Foundation; the advisory reference is https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2026-63272, and per the advisory data an exact patched version is not enumerated in the provided input, so Patch status should be treated as 'Patch available per vendor advisory' and the concrete fixed release confirmed with the vendor or distribution before upgrading. Because WMF import is enabled by default and is the vulnerable surface, document-handling workflows should be hardened in the interim: restrict LibreOffice's processing of untrusted files to sandboxed or disposable environments (for example a container or VM with no sensitive data), and consider blocking or stripping WMF content at mail and web gateways so that such images never reach the importer - the trade-off is that legitimate legacy documents containing WMF graphics will render without their embedded images or be rejected. Headless conversion services (e.g., document-to-PDF pipelines) should run with least privilege and resource limits to contain any crash, and users should be trained not to open unexpected documents from untrusted sources, since exploitation requires the victim to open the crafted file. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, so compensating controls can be prioritized rather than emergency patching.

Affected VersionsENISA

libreoffice 26.2 << 26.2.5

Affected Packages

euvd libreoffice_26_2 fix: 26.2.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

WMF (Windows Metafile) is a legacy vector graphics format that LibreOffice can import, including WMF images embedded inside documents and graphics. During import, records are parsed and text-drawing records may carry an explicit array of per-character advance widths. The importer reads the number of advance values and the length of the text as two separate fields from the file and, in vulnerable versions, does not validate that they agree. When the advance array is shorter than the text, the renderer indexes the array by character position and reads past its end, producing a heap buffer overflow (CWE-787, out-of-bounds write). Fixed versions detect this inconsistency and ignore an advance array that is shorter than the text it accompanies. The root cause is a missing consistency check on attacker-controlled length fields in a parsing routine, a classic memory-safety weakness in file-format importers. The affected product is The Document Foundation's LibreOffice (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:the_document_foundation:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*); the assessed vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H, consistent with the published CVSS 4.0 base of 5.4 (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H) and the E:P exploitability metric - note that PR:N/UI:R-UI:P reflects the file-open requirement rather than authentication.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Document Fdn.) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
vuln.today AI 6.6 MEDIUM

Local file must be opened by the victim (AV:L, UI:R, PR:N); heap OOB is crash-dominant so A:H with only C:L/I:L, no scope change.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE 7.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat 6.6 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (Document Fdn.).

CVSS VectorVendor: Document Fdn.

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Sep 22, 2026 - 12:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 22, 2026 - 11:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionCVE.org

LibreOffice can import WMF graphics, which may be embedded in documents. A heap buffer overflow existed when importing a text record that carries its own character advance widths. The count of advance values and the length of the text were read separately from the file and were not required to agree, so drawing the text walked the advance array by character position and ran past its end when the array was the shorter of the two. In fixed versions an advance array shorter than its text is ignored.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
High
LibreOffice is a widely deployed OSS office suite, default on many Linux distros
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 Affected

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