CVE-2017-12110Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Libxls

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 20
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5libxls/libxls1.4
debiandebian/r-cran-readxl< r-cran-readxl 1.0.0-2 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-49pr-jwfm-r8m6: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 12022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2017-12110: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 12017-11-20

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-12110: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST functi...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12110 libxls: integer overflow in xls_appendSST function could result in remote code execution2020-04-29
CVE-2017-12110 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase