Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-6836

Title: Gnome Gnumeric Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-6836.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Dec 19, 2013
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-6836: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1
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gnu 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html http://secunia.com/advisories/56678 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 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html http://secunia.com/advisories/56678 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-6836 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.