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Unscored USN-3579-1 1 CVE

libreoffice vulnerability

Published Feb 21, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that =WEBSERVICE calls in a document could be used to
read arbitrary files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2018-6871)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libreoffice 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libreoffice 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6871