Description
The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document. This occurs because the memoize implementation does not have appropriate constraints on merged cells.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md
Release Notes
https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/changes
Various Sources
https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6R7NYWVVZYDZIQC5YEXNHZM6VEE26SJV/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WNJVC4C5C5V44DNOZ5BHVU53CDXPB2OJ/
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/2
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00018.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNJVC4C5C5V44DNOZ5BHVU53CDXPB2OJ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R7NYWVVZYDZIQC5YEXNHZM6VEE26SJV/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
tozt/spreadsheet\
< 0.28
Published
Jan 09, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026