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CVE-2018-10583

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-05-01
  • WeaknessCWE-200

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Description

An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate an SMB connection embedded in a malicious file, as demonstrated by xlink:href=file://192.168.0.2/test.jpg within an office:document-content element in a .odt XML document.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-05-0116:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2018-05-02Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Libreoffice
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.0= 6.0.3no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.0= 7.0no fix published
8.0= 8.0no fix published
9.0= 9.0no fix published
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
14.4= 14.04no fix published
16.4= 16.04no fix published

4 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • libepubgenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 0.1.1-3.3.1
  • liblangtagSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 0.6.2-3.3.1
  • libmwawSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 0.3.14-4.3.1
  • libnumbertextSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 1.0.5-1.3.1
  • libreofficeUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6
  • libreofficeUbuntu:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5
  • libreofficeSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 6.0.5.2-3.3.5
  • libreofficeSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15all versions · fixed in 6.1.3.2-3.7.3

20 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2018-10583 Red Hat Product Security2,838 products fixed · 133 known affected

    libreoffice: Information disclosure via SMB connection embedded in malicious file

    autocorr-af as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · autocorr-bg as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · autocorr-ca as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · +130 more

  • RHSA-2018:3054 Red Hat Product Security1,024 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreoffice security and bug fix update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2018:3054 · 1,024 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of LibreOffice applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.
  2. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2018-10583 · 133 productsWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-44564
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedMrTaherAmine/CVE-2018-10583octodi/CVE-2018-10583
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/fileformat/odt_badodtrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2018-05-01
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10583?

An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate an SMB connection embedded in a malicious file, as demonstrated by xlink:href=file://192.168.0.2/test.jpg within an office:document-content element in a .odt XML document.

Is CVE-2018-10583 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-10583 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 78.0% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-10583?

CVE-2018-10583 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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