CVE-2026-97222 (GCVE-0-2026-97222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 13:51 – Updated: 2026-09-25 16:14
VLAI
Title
Gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook
Summary
A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric. When a user opens a crafted Gnumeric workbook containing a malformed SheetObjectComponent element, the XML parser can dereference a freed sheet-object component, causing Gnumeric to crash.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-25 16:14 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GNOME Gnumeric Affected: 1.11.0 , < * (semver)
Unaffected: bc1dee29525933994181fb2307d6ad584de6040d (git)
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Date Public
2026-09-20 18:49
Credits
Upstream acknowledges Juha Kylmänen as the original reporter.
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