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 XLS file containing
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-11 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c4794776023956b91c5bd33d7f230322daa23d6544b878fd6fd4565b8c43f59d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0462http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
- www.gnome.orghttp://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml
- secunia.com28948http://secunia.com/advisories/28948
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1313https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-604-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:056http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:016http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1546http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546
- www.securityfocus.com27536http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536
- secunia.com29896http://secunia.com/advisories/29896
- secunia.com29702http://secunia.com/advisories/29702
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330
- secunia.com28799http://secunia.com/advisories/28799
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1403https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200802-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml
- secunia.com28725http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356
- secunia.com31339http://secunia.com/advisories/31339
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnumeric Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnumeric Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnumeric Fixed in 1.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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