Bug 169270 - FILEOPEN: DOCX hangs indefinitely when opening a simple file containing some absolutely positioned text boxes
Summary: FILEOPEN: DOCX hangs indefinitely when opening a simple file containing some ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.4.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-11-05 11:29 UTC by david
Modified: 2025-11-05 12:28 UTC (History)
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Simple DOCX file that causes LibreOffice to hang. (58.75 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-11-05 11:31 UTC, david 		Details
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Description david 2025-11-05 11:29:39 UTC 
Description:
LibreOffice hangs indefinitely when opening a simple DOCX file.  
If we remove one element using MS Word, it solves the issue.



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file


Actual Results:
LibreOffice hangs indefinitely

Expected Results:
It should open the file without issue.



Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Same issue confirmed on
- 7.5.1.2 Linux x64
- 25.2.5.2 Linux x64
- 25.2.4.1 MacOS AARCH64 
- 25.2.7.2 MacOS AARCH64
- 25.8.3.1 MacOS AARCH64

Maybe some earlier versions could be affected as well.
Comment 1 david 2025-11-05 11:31:46 UTC 
Created attachment 203745 [details]
Simple DOCX file that causes LibreOffice to hang.
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2025-11-05 12:28:50 UTC 
Regression after 3b0a0e70cb67fc2e1f9999d2e8cbb9cfcd8c670e.