Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-2896
An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 67.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403
Products affected by CVE-2017-2896
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cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0