Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnumeric package, versions [,1.12.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.49% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNUMERIC-2369980
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-6836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnumeric to version 1.12.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the ms_escher_get_data function in plugins/excel/ms-escher.c in GNOME Office Gnumeric before 1.12.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted xls file with a crafted length value.

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