CVE-2023-38852

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    CVE-2023-38852

    Published: 15 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the unicode_decode_wcstombs function in xlstool.c:266.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JQYGEBDBCOWBRHOW44BSSRADUOZBXHUE/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YHBUPYF2NX34HNAWZ3WYHKWU3KWVQUSV/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38852.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQYGEBDBCOWBRHOW44BSSRADUOZBXHUE/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHBUPYF2NX34HNAWZ3WYHKWU3KWVQUSV/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38852, https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/124

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 448240067919707eb95fb009f76f3fdb439b1427
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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