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CVE-2013-6836 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/56678	CVE
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64459	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/56678	[email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64459	[email protected]

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnome gnumeric	<= 1.12.8 1.12.0 1.12.1 1.12.2 1.12.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

gnome gnumeric

<= 1.12.8

1.12.0

1.12.1

1.12.2

1.12.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 19, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]