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CVE-2024-6472

libreoffice: Ability to trust not validated macro signatures removed in high security mode

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 5, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in versions of LibreOffice from 24.2 to before 24.2.5. When a document containing a signed macro fails verification, LibreOffice will display a warning which the user can choose to ignore the failure and enable the macro anyways.

Statement

This vulnerability requires an unlikely configuration (UX confusion on the user's part, i.e. ignoring the warning, not understanding the failure, etc.) to be actionable. As such, Red Hat considers this to be a moderate vulnerability and not an important one, per our CVE classification policy.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation