CVE-2013-6836
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
Heap-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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6638)
- Published
- December 19, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6638 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
- gnome / gnumeric
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00018.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64459
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712772(Exploit)
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnumeric/commit/?id=b5480b69345b3c6d56ee0ed9c9e9880bb2a08cdc(Exploit, Patch)
- https://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/announcements/1.12/gnumeric-1.12.9.shtml(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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