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CVE-2012-5639

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5639 describes a vulnerability in LibreOffice and OpenOffice where the applications automatically open embedded content, potentially leading to information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger. While it has a high impact on confidentiality, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0584 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.15
View patch
libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.15
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.15
postgresqlpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 4.1.15
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openoffice.org
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openoffice.org
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libreoffice

Vendor Advisories (5)

redhatCVE-2012-5639Low

OpenOffice: automatic opening of embedded external data

Dec 13, 2012
denollm-deno-b0171134e59ee581

Loading internal / external resource without warning.

postgresqlllm-postgresql-aa4beb8679a137f2

Loading internal / external resource without warning.

libreofficellm-libreoffice-7ec89255223591cd

Loading internal / external resource without warning.

nessusllm-nessus-3ab5f231eed5434d

Loading internal / external resource without warning.

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-5639
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r253f92d0e6511d07a79774002e1d9db1d20b24bff27914a5adb14ccb%40%3Cissues.openoffice.apache.org%3E
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-5639
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/14/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/7