CVE-2008-0668 The excel_read_HLINK function in plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c in Gnome Office Gnumeric before 1.8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLS file containing X...
HighCVSS 9.3
EPSS 5.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The excel_read_HLINK function in plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c in Gnome Office Gnumeric before 1.8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLS file containing XLS HLINK opcodes, possibly because of an integer signedness error that leads to an integer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| GNOME gnumeric | <= 1.7.91 | No fix listed |
| debian/gnumeric(Debian:12) | < 1.8.1-1 | 1.8.1-1 |
| debian/gnumeric(Debian:13) | < 1.8.1-1 | 1.8.1-1 |
| debian/gnumeric(Debian:14) | < 1.8.1-1 | 1.8.1-1 |
References
- bugs.gentoo.org
- bugzilla.gnome.org
- SUSE-SR:2008:016 vendor-advisory
- 28725 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 28799 patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 28948 third-party-advisory
- 29702 third-party-advisory
- 29896 third-party-advisory
- 31339 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200802-05 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1546 vendor-advisory
- www.gnome.org patch
- MDVSA-2008:056 vendor-advisory
- 27536 vdb-entry
- USN-604-1 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-0462 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-1313 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-1403 vendor-advisory
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2008-0668 vendor-advisory