gnumeric: integer overflow and signedness errors in XLS processing
Published Feb 11, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.98%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.98% (0.04981) | 91.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.98% (0.04981) | 91.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06661) | 90.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.98% (0.11985) | 89.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06661) | 90.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 16.21% (0.16210) | 95.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 17.90% (0.17905) | 96.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 19.85% (0.19848) | 96.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 20.06% (0.20058) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 16.14% (0.16144) | 95.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 13.03% (0.13033) | 95.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.50% (0.09496) | 93.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208356 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/announcements/1.8/gnumeric-1.8.1.shtml x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0668 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431226 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0668
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0668
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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