CVE-2013-6836
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.12.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.12.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.12.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.12.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.12.9-1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64459
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc
- https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6836
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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