CVE-2017-2896 — Out-of-bounds Write in Libxls

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Debian R-cran-readxlLibxlsDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 20
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rpv6-jf42-c65x: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-2896: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1↗2017-11-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-2896: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells f...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2896 libxls: out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function could result in remote code execution↗2020-04-29
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