CVE-2013-6836 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Gnumeric

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Gnome GnumericDebian Gnumeric
Timeline
PublishedDec 19
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnome/gnumeric< 1.12.9-1+3
▶NVDgnome/gnumeric1.12.8+8
▶debiandebian/gnumeric< gnumeric 1.12.9-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.gnome.org ↗Patch: git.gnome.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2252-2x7m-w7r8: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ms_escher_get_data function in plugins/excel/ms-escher↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-6836: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ms_escher_get_data function in plugins/excel/ms-escher↗2013-12-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2013-6836: gnumeric - Heap-based buffer overflow in the ms_escher_get_data function in plugins/excel/m...↗2013
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6836 gnumeric: heap-based buffer overflow in ms_escher_get_data function↗2013-12-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6836 gnumeric: heap-based buffer overflow in ms_escher_get_data function [epel-all]↗2013-12-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6836 gnumeric: heap-based buffer overflow in ms_escher_get_data function [fedora-all]↗2013-12-19
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