Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnome/libgsf package, versions [,1.14.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.87% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNOMELIBGSF-2365454
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Nov 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Nov 2006

CVE-2006-4514  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnome/libgsf to version 1.14.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the ole_info_read_metabat function in Gnome Structured File library (libgsf) 1.14.0, and other versions before 1.14.2, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large num_metabat value in an OLE document, which causes the ole_init_info function to allocate insufficient memory.

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