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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-97222 json

Gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook

published 2026-09-25 45 d ago modified 2026-09-30 39 d ago also EUVD-2026-87095

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • gnumeric openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.12.62+8-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11919-1

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-2026-97222 updated cvss 5.5

gnumeric: gnumeric: heap use-after-free when opening a malformed workbook

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
44 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • GNOME Gnumeric

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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