CVE-2023-6185

Improper input validation enabling arbitrary Gstreamer pipeline injection

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 11, 2023 at 11:52 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:50 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLibreoffice

Using LibreOffice by The Document Foundation?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect LibreOffice - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.5.0 ≤ v < 7.5.97.6.0 ≤ v < 7.6.3
Affected range stops below 7.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
7.5 ≤ v < 7.5.97.6 ≤ v < 7.6.37.57.6
Affected range stops below 7.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card