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CVE-2008-0668 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.3 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/ Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/ Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28799 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28799 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
http://secunia.com/advisories/29702
http://secunia.com/advisories/29702
http://secunia.com/advisories/29896
http://secunia.com/advisories/29896
http://secunia.com/advisories/31339
http://secunia.com/advisories/31339
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml Patch 
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (including)
1.7.91
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0668
NVD Published Date:
02/11/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE