CVE-2026-97222
published 2026-09-25CVE-2026-97222: A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric. When a user opens a crafted Gnumeric workbook containing a malformed SheetObjectComponent element, the XML…
PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
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A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric. When a user opens a crafted Gnumeric workbook containing a malformed SheetObjectComponent element, the XML parser can dereference a freed sheet-object component, causing Gnumeric to crash.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gnumeric | >= 1.11.0 < * | * |
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2026-09-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-97222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook [fedora-all]
CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook [fedora-all]
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A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric's workbook XML parser. A malformed SheetObjectComponent element can cause the parser to release a sheet-object component and later pass the freed object to sheet_object_component_set_component(). When a user opens a crafted Gnumeric workbook, the stale object is dereferenced during XML parsing, causing Gnumeric to crash. The issue was reproduced in the 1.12.61 release and an AddressSanitizer-instrumented development bui
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook
bugzilla·2026-09-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-97222 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook
CVE-2026-97222 gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook
A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric's workbook XML parser. A malformed SheetObjectComponent element can cause the parser to release a sheet-object component and later pass the freed object to sheet_object_component_set_component(). When a user opens a crafted Gnumeric workbook, the stale object is dereferenced during XML parsing, causing Gnumeric to crash. The issue was reproduced in the 1.12.61 release and an AddressSanitizer-instrumented development build; it was also present in source reported as version 1.11.0 and later. The available proof of concept demonstrates a denial of service only. No code execution, information disclosure, or data-integrity impact has been demonstrated. A pat
2026-09-25
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