CVE-2012-4233

LibreOffice 3.5.x before 3.5.7.2 and 3.6.x before 3.6.1, and OpenOffice.org (OOo), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted (1) odt file to vcllo.dll, (2) ODG (Drawing document) file to svxcorelo.dll, (3) PolyPolygon record in a .wmf (Window Meta File) file embedded in a ppt (PowerPoint) file to tllo.dll, or (4) xls (Excel) file to scfiltlo.dll.

Published: 2012-11-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4233 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.48%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4233

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.54% 3.48% +0.94%
2 2025-07-13 2.73% 2.54% -0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.73% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4233

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4233

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4233

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-4233 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libreoffice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4233
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4233
ubuntu low CVE-2012-4233 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libreoffice, openoffice.org), 18 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 7, not-affected 5, ignored 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4233

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4233

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libreoffice libreoffice <= 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5. cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun openoffice.org — cpe:2.3:a:sun:openoffice.org:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4233

URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/binfilter/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=7e22ee55ffc9743692f3ddb93e59dd4427029c5b
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=44bc6b5cac723b52df40fbef026e99b7119d8a69
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=6789ec4c1a9c6af84bd62e650a03226a46365d97
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?h=libreoffice-3-5-7&id=8ca9fb05c9967f11670d045886438ddfa3ac02a7
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00075.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2570
http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/cve-2012-4233/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56352
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79728
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79730
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79731
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79732
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23106
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