CVE-2026-97222
mediumA heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric.
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.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (patrick@puiterwijk.org)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-25 14:17
Modified: 2026-09-30 19:38
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97222 patrick@puiterwijk.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541397 patrick@puiterwijk.org
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/-/issues/897 patrick@puiterwijk.org
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗