Unscored severity · published Feb 11, 2008
CVE-2008-0668
The excel_read_HLINK function in plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c in Gnome Office Gnumeric before 1.8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
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CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The excel_read_HLINK function in plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c in Gnome Office Gnumeric before 1.8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLS file containing XLS HLINK opcodes, possibly because of an integer signedness error that leads to an integer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GN
Gnumeric · Gnome
through 1.7.91 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0668
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0668
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
bugzilla.gnome.org
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28799
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
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