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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1546-1 | New gnumeric packages fix arbitrary code execution |
EUVD |
EUVD-2008-0678 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-604-1 | Gnumeric vulnerability |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:54:22.784Z
Reserved: 2008-02-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-0668
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-02-11T21:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-0668
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN