Description
An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells 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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0205
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
libxls/libxls
1.4
libxls_project/libxls
1.4
Published
Nov 20, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026