CVE-2006-4514

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ole_info_read_metabat function in Gnome Structured File library (libgsf) 1.14.0, and other versions before 1.14.2, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large num_metabat value in an OLE document, which causes the ole_init_info function to allocate insufficient memory.

Affected products

Libgsf: 1.11.1, 1.13.2, 1.14, 1.14.1

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=446
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23164
http://secunia.com/advisories/23166
http://secunia.com/advisories/23167
http://secunia.com/advisories/23227
http://secunia.com/advisories/23337
http://secunia.com/advisories/23352
http://secunia.com/advisories/23355
http://secunia.com/advisories/23686

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