CVE-2026-97222

Name	CVE-2026-97222
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gnumeric (PTS)	bookworm	1.12.55-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid, trixie	1.12.57-1.1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gnumeric	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/-/issues/897
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/-/commit/bc1dee29525933994181fb2307d6ad584de6040d
Crash in GUI tool, no security impact