Vulnerability CVE-2013-6836
Published: 2013-12-18   Modified: 2013-12-19

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Gnumeric 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64459
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc
https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml
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