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title: "CVE-2006-4514\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-4514

Publication date 30 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ole\_info\_read\_metabat function in Gnome
Structured File library (libgsf) 1.14.0, and other versions before 1.14.2,
allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large
num\_metabat value in an OLE document, which causes the ole\_init\_info
function to allocate insufficient memory.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libgsf | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.14.1-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.13.99-0ubuntu2.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4514)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4514)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4514)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4514)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-391-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-391-1)
+ libgsf vulnerability
+ 4 December 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4514>