A security vulnerability has been detected in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.60. The impacted element is the function ole_info_read_metabat of the file gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c of the component OLE2 Parser. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The identifier of the patch is a8e25560b74f84c3f86df6ca0ac59195fa5af68a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
GNOME libgsf affected
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References
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf/-/commit/a8e25560b74f84c3f86df6ca0ac59195fa5af68a cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116124 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1004965 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426192 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426192/cti cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.gnome.org/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A security vulnerability has been detected in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.60. The impacted element is the function ole_info_read_metabat of the file gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c of the component OLE2 Parser. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The identifier of the patch is a8e25560b74f84c3f86df6ca0ac59195fa5af68a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title GNOME libgsf OLE2 gsf-infile-msole.c ole_info_read_metabat heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Gnome
Gnome libgsf
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgsf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnome
Gnome libgsf
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T06:00:16.242Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T09:25:45.337Z

Link: CVE-2026-116124

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-26T07:17:09.197

Modified: 2026-10-26T07:17:09.197

Link: CVE-2026-116124

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Updated: 2026-10-26T07:30:08Z

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