CVE-2013-6836

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6836
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-19 04:24:57 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.017470000 probability, percentile 0.753560000 (date 2026-07-21)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric 1.12.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gnumeric All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xls: fuzzed file crash. (b5480b69) · Commits · GNOME / gnumeric · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Exploit, Patch
Bug 712772 – Heap-buffer-overflow in ms_escher_get_data on a fuzzed xls file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit
GNOME Office / Gnumeric - Gnumeric 1.12.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.gnome.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0201-1: moderate: update for gnumeric af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gnome Gnumeric 'ms_escher_get_data()' Function Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA56678 - SUSE update for gnumeric - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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