CVE-2017-12109

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jul 31, 2017

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Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULRK record. 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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.08.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Htalos

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libxlslibxls
  • 1.4 readxl package 1.0.0 for R (tested using Microsoft R 4.3.1)Affected

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