CVE-2023-6185: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 38 only
• Libreoffice Libreoffice: from 7.5.0, before 7.5.9 (fixed in 7.5.9); from 7.6.0, before 7.6.3 (fixed in 7.6.3)

Published 2023-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.