Upstream information

CVE-2013-6836 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 856254 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2014:0138-1 openSUSE-SU-2014:0201-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 19 08:15:19 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Apr 17 11:18:14 2025