CVE-2017-12111

High

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

SeverityHigh

CVSS8.8

Exploit probability—

ProductLibxls

PublishedNov 20, 2017

First seenNov 20, 2017

How to fix

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
libxls_project libxls	1.4	—

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