CVE-2024-42415: Gnome Libgsf

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Gnome Libgsf: version 1.14.52 only

Published 2024-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.