CVE-2017-2897 — Out-of-bounds Write in Project Libxls

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-415 — Double Free10 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
NVD6.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian R-cran-readxlLibxls Project Libxls
Timeline
PublishedNov 20
Latest updateMay 6

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT 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 Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/r-cran-readxl< r-cran-readxl 1.2.0.9000-1 (bookworm)+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-r369-mhv6-47fj: The read_MSAT function in ole↗2022-05-13
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GHSA
GHSA-8p96-2vj8-w389: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT function of libxls 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-20450: The read_MSAT function in ole↗2018-12-25
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OSV
CVE-2017-2897: An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT function of libxls 1↗2017-11-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2018-20450: r-cran-readxl - The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows at...↗2018
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Debian
CVE-2017-2897: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT functio...↗2017
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Directed Greybox Fuzzing via Large Language Model↗2025-05-06
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2897 libxls: out-of-bounds vulnerability in the read_MSAT function which could result in remote code execution↗2020-04-29
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