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CVE-2012-4233

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4233 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting LibreOffice versions 3.5.x before 3.5.7.2 and 3.6.x before 3.6.1, as well as OpenOffice.org. It allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by providing specially crafted files, such as ODT, ODG, WMF embedded in PPT, or XLS documents. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0348 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

asteriskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.5.7
View patch
check_pointpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.5.7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openoffice.org
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libreoffice

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2012-4233Low

libreoffice: multiple null pointer dereference flaws

Oct 31, 2012
asteriskllm-asterisk-e66f2532232a9ed1

Multiple file format denial of service vulnerabilities

check_pointllm-check_point-05b958cf25f7e7d4

Multiple file format denial of service vulnerabilities

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / libreoffice/binfilter/commit
cgit.freedesktop.org / libreoffice/core/commit
cgit.freedesktop.org / libreoffice/core/commit
cgit.freedesktop.org / libreoffice/core/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00075.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79728
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79730
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79731
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79732
htbridge.com / advisory/HTB23106
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2570
libreoffice.org / advisories/cve-2012-4233
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/2
securityfocus.com / bid/56352