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CVE-2017-2923

Published: Apr 24, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

Description

An exploitable heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'read_biff_next_record function' of FreeXL 1.0.3. 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

Alessandro Furieri

FreeXL

affected
1.0.3

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-3976
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
100807
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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