CVE-2017-2896
published 2017-11-20CVE-2017-2896: 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…
PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.05%
79.4th percentile
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.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | r-cran-readxl | < r-cran-readxl 1.0.0-2 (bookworm) | r-cran-readxl 1.0.0-2 (bookworm) |
| libxls | libxls | — | — |
| libxls_project | libxls | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-rpv6-jf42-c65x: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-2896 [HIGH] CWE-787 GHSA-rpv6-jf42-c65x: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-2896: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1
osv·2017-11-20·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-2896 [HIGH] CVE-2017-2896: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1
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.
Debian
CVE-2017-2896: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells f...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-2896 [HIGH] CVE-2017-2896: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells f...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.0.0-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.0.0-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.0.0-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.0.0-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.0.0-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403
2017-11-20
Published