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high 8.4

CVE-2024-42415 json

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured F…

published 2024-10-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39610

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • libgsf Debian 12 1.14.50-1+deb12u1
  • libgsf Debian 14, Debian 13 1.14.52-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42415

  • libgsf Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.14.46-1ubuntu0.1
  • libgsf Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.14.47-1ubuntu0.1
  • libgsf Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.14.51-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42415

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libgsf SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5 +4 more 1.14.50-150400.3.6.1
  • libgsf SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 1.14.46-150200.3.3.1
  • libgsf SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP6, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.14.51-150600.4.3.1
  • libgsf SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.14.40-8.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3922-1SUSE-SU-2024:3921-1SUSE-SU-2024:3920-1SUSE-SU-2024:3770-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-42415 updated cvss 8.4

libgsf: Compound Document Binary File Sector Allocation Table integer overflow vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libgsf, libgsf-gnome, libgsf-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libgsf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libgsf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libgsf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libgsf
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf)
  • gnome libgsf

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.