CVE-2012-0037
Redland Raptor (aka libraptor) before 2.0.7, as used by OpenOffice 3.3 and 3.4 Beta, LibreOffice before 3.4.6 and 3.5.x before 3.5.1, and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML external entity (XXE) declaration and reference in an RDF document.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 13.5% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0077)
- Published
- June 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0077 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / openoffice
- apache / openoffice
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- librdf / raptor
- libreoffice / libreoffice
- libreoffice / libreoffice
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- redhat / gluster storage server for on-premise
- redhat / storage
- redhat / storage for public cloud
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
References
- http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/03/22/tdf-announces-libreoffice-3-4-6/(Release Notes)
- http://librdf.org/raptor/RELEASE.html#rel2_0_7(Release Notes)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077708.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078242.html(Mailing List)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0410.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0411.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48479(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48493(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48494(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48526(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48529(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48542(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48649(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50692(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60799(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-05.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20120324-1/(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2438(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/CVE-2012-0037/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:061(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:062(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:063(Broken Link)
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037.html(Mitigation, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/4(Exploit, Mailing List)
- http://www.osvdb.org/80307(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52681(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026837(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74235(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/dajobe/raptor/commit/a676f235309a59d4aa78eeffd2574ae5d341fcb0(Patch)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re0504f08000df786e51795940501e81a5d0ae981ecca68141e87ece0%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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