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Gnumeric buffer overflow
Published: 13.02.2008
Source: BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID: 8683
Type: client
Level: 5/10
Description: Buffer overflow on .XLS files parsing.

Affected: GNOME : gnumeric 1.8
CVE: CVE-2008-0668 (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.)

Original document GENTOO, [Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200802-05 ] Gnumeric: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (13.02.2008)

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