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CVE-2017-12108

Published: 24 April 2018

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

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
r-cran-readxl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.0.0-2, 0.1.1-1+deb9u1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
xenial Needed

kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.0.0-2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H