CVE-2006-4514
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ole_info_read_metabat function in Gnome Structured File library (libgsf) 1.14.0, and other versions before 1.14.2, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large num_metabat value in an OLE document, which causes the ole_init_info function to allocate insufficient memory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4502)
- Published
- November 30, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4502 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libgsf / libgsf
- libgsf / libgsf
- libgsf / libgsf
- libgsf / libgsf
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=446(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0011.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23164(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23166(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23167(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23227(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23337(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23352(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23355(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23686(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23920(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-13.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1221(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454389/30/9210/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21358(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-391-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4784(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30611
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-857
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9413
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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