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CVE-2018-20450

Published: 25 December 2018

The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
r-cran-readxl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H