CVE-2018-20450: The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a…

PriorityP420medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.06%

61.4th percentile

The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	r-cran-readxl	< r-cran-readxl 1.2.0.9000-1 (bookworm)	r-cran-readxl 1.2.0.9000-1 (bookworm)
libxls_project	libxls	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

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