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.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97222
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541397
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnumeric/-/issues/897