Medium
gnumeric — security advisory
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.
- Products
- gnumeric
- Affected versions
- 1.12.23-1, 1.12.24-1, 1.12.26-1, 1.12.27-1, 1.12.28-1, 1.12.32-1build2, 1.12.35-1, 1.12.35-1.1, 1.12.45-1, 1.12.45-1build1, 1.12.46-1, 1.12.46-1ubuntu2, 1.12.48-1build3, 1.12.50-1, 1.12.50-1build1, 1.12.50-1build2, 1.12.51-1, 1.12.55-1, 1.12.56-2, 1.12.56-2build2, 1.12.56-2build4, 1.12.56-2build5, 1.12.57-1.1build2, 1.12.57-1.1build3, 1.12.57-1.1build4
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-97222
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97222
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Complete source record
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