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CVE-2006-4514

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4514 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Gnome Structured File library (libgsf) versions 1.14.0 and earlier. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting an OLE document with a large num_metabat value, leading to insufficient memory allocation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgsf:libgsf:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgsf:libgsf:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgsf:libgsf:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgsf:libgsf:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libgsf-0:1.6.0-7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libgsf-0:1.10.1-2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4514Moderate

security flaw

Nov 30, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
Vendor Advisory
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0005.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0011.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23164
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23166
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23167
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23227
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23337
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23352
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23355
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23686
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23920
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200612-13.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30611
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-857
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9413
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1221
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454389/30/9210/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21358
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-391-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4784
Vendor Advisory
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf