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CVE-2018-20452
Published: Dec 25, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://github.com/evanmiller/libxls/issues/35
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GLSA-202003-64
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