5.3

CVE-2020-12801: libreoffice Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2020-0258SUSE-SU-2020:1530-1SUSE-SU-2020:1731-1
Published 18-05-2020Last modified 18-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12801 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data vulnerability in libreoffice. EPSS estimates a 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-3703-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10983-1USN-5694-1

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

If LibreOffice has an encrypted document open and crashes, that document is auto-saved encrypted. On restart, LibreOffice offers to restore the document and prompts for the password to decrypt it. If the recovery is successful, and if the file format of the recovered document was not LibreOffice's default ODF file format, then affected versions of LibreOffice default that subsequent saves of the document are unencrypted. This may lead to a user accidentally saving a MSOffice file format document unencrypted while believing it to be encrypted. This issue affects: LibreOffice 6-3 series versions prior to 6.3.6; 6-4 series versions prior to 6.4.3.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia14 products
  • celestia< 1.7.0-0.20190423git.920a0c8.2.1.mga7
  • fmt< 6.2.1-1.1.mga7
  • kodi< 18.7-1.1.mga7
  • libabw< 0.1.3-1.mga7
  • libcdr< 0.1.6-1.mga7
Suse5 products
  • libreoffice&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4< 6.4.4.2-43.65.5
  • libreoffice&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5< 6.4.4.2-43.65.5
  • libreoffice&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4< 6.4.4.2-43.65.5
  • libreoffice&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5< 6.4.4.2-43.65.5
  • libreoffice&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1< 6.4.4.2-8.19.4
Opensuse2 products
  • leapEOL15.1
  • libreoffice&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 6.4.4.2-lp151.3.15.1
Debian1 product
  • libreoffice< 1:6.4.3-1
Libreoffice1 product
The document foundation1 product
  • libreoffice≥ 6-3 series, < 6.3.6 | ≥ 6-4 series, < 6.4.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • libreoffice< 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.12

7 vendors · 25 products

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