CVE-2017-2919 — Out-of-bounds Write in Libxls

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.19%
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 stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_getfcell function of libxls 1.3.4. 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/libxls1.3.4
▶debiandebian/r-cran-readxl< r-cran-readxl 1.0.0-2 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-754g-2p6h-g2rx: An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_getfcell function of libxls 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-2919: An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_getfcell function of libxls 1↗2017-11-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-2919: r-cran-readxl - An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_getfc...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2919 libxls: out-of-bounds vulnerability in the xls_getfcell function which could result in remote code execution↗2020-04-29
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