CVE-2008-0668

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.66% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0668?
CVE-2008-0668 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0668?
To fix CVE-2008-0668, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0668 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0668 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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