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CVE-2017-2919

Published: Nov 20, 2017

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

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

VendorProductVersions

libxls

libxls

affected
1.3.4

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

DSA-4173
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
GLSA-202003-64
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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