Bug 1044857 (CVE-2013-6836)

Summary:	CVE-2013-6836 gnumeric: heap-based buffer overflow in ms_escher_get_data function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Ratul Gupta <ratulg>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	belegdol, huzaifas
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	gnumeric 1.12.9	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-08-22 15:45:38 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1044858, 1044859
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Description Ratul Gupta 2013-12-19 06:30:55 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-6836 to the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2013-6836
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6836
Assigned: 20131120
Reference: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772
Reference: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc
Reference: https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml

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.

Comment 1 Ratul Gupta 2013-12-19 06:32:08 UTC

Created gnumeric tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1044858]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1044859]