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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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-02-11T21:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0668

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0668 - Bugzilla

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