CVE-2017-2897

High

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT 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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

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	1.4.0	—

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