CVE-2008-0668

N/A Unknown
Published: February 11, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28799
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29702
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29896
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31339
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28799
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29702
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29896
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31339
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.5%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

redhat gnome

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