GNOME libgsf OLE2 gsf-infile-msole.c ole_info_read_metabat heap-based overflow

Overview

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.60. The impacted element is the function ole_info_read_metabat of the file gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c of the component OLE2 Parser. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The identifier of the patch is a8e25560b74f84c3f86df6ca0ac59195fa5af68a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected

• libgsf 1.14.0
• libgsf 1.14.1
• libgsf 1.14.2
• libgsf 1.14.3
• libgsf 1.14.4
• libgsf 1.14.5
• libgsf 1.14.6
• libgsf 1.14.7
• libgsf 1.14.8
• libgsf 1.14.9
• libgsf 1.14.10
• libgsf 1.14.11
• libgsf 1.14.12
• libgsf 1.14.13
• libgsf 1.14.14
• libgsf 1.14.15
• libgsf 1.14.16
• libgsf 1.14.17
• libgsf 1.14.18
• libgsf 1.14.19
• libgsf 1.14.20
• libgsf 1.14.21
• libgsf 1.14.22
• libgsf 1.14.23
• libgsf 1.14.24
• libgsf 1.14.25
• libgsf 1.14.26
• libgsf 1.14.27
• libgsf 1.14.28
• libgsf 1.14.29
• libgsf 1.14.30
• libgsf 1.14.31
• libgsf 1.14.32
• libgsf 1.14.33
• libgsf 1.14.34
• libgsf 1.14.35
• libgsf 1.14.36
• libgsf 1.14.37
• libgsf 1.14.38
• libgsf 1.14.39
• libgsf 1.14.40
• libgsf 1.14.41
• libgsf 1.14.42
• libgsf 1.14.43
• libgsf 1.14.44
• libgsf 1.14.45
• libgsf 1.14.46
• libgsf 1.14.47
• libgsf 1.14.48
• libgsf 1.14.49

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.