CVE-2024-5261 describes an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in LibreOffice, specifically when operating in LibreOfficeKit mode. This flaw disables TLS certificate verification for remote resource fetching, impacting LibreOffice versions prior to 24.2.4. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a significant risk (FAUCET Risk Score 93/100) due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (KEV: No, Metasploit/Nuclei/ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered considerable community discussion with 11 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 24.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 24.2, < 24.2.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.