CVE-2023-7101

HIGH KEV

Jmcnamara Spreadsheet < 0.65 - Code Injection

Title source: rule

Description

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.8331
EPSS Percentile 99.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2024-01-02
VulnCheck KEV 2023-12-25
InTheWild.io 2024-01-02
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2023-59285
CWE
CWE-95 CWE-94
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 38
fedoraproject/fedora 39
jmcnamara/spreadsheet\ < 0.65
Published Dec 24, 2023
KEV Added Jan 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026