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Gnumeric XLS HLINK Opcode Processing Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA28725
Release Date: 2008-01-31
Last Update: 2008-02-13
Popularity: 6,741 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GNOME Gnumeric 1.x

Binary Analysis: BA375 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Gnumeric, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to integer overflows and signedness errors when processing XLS HLINK opcodes within the "excel_read_HLINK()" function in plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c. This can be exploited to corrupt the stack via a specially crafted XLS file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.6.3. Versions prior to 1.8.1 may also be affected.

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