MGASA-2014-0086

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    MGASA-2014-0086

    Published: 21 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6836

    Summary: Updated gnome-chemistry-utils, gnumeric and goffice packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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. (CVE-2013-6836)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0086.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12294, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044857

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnome-chemistry-utils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gnome-chemistry-utils?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.14.5-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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