{"id":"CVE-2026-97222","title":"A heap use-after-free flaw was found in Gnumeric","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.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-416"],"vendor":"GNOME","product":"gnumeric","affected":["gnumeric >= 1.11.0 < *"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T19:38:27.293","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97222","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97222","label":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541397","label":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/-/issues/897","label":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97222.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97222"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00117,"epssPercentile":0.01654,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-25T16:14:42.858538Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T14:09:46.369Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97222","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-25 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97222.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}