CVE-2021-27836

published 2021-11-03

CVE-2021-27836: An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Priority P4 21 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI R S U C N I N A H

An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	r-cran-readxl	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
libxls_project	libxls	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 6.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.5 LOW

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