DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896

    Published: 20 Nov 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2896

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2896

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: r-cran-readxl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/r-cran-readxl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.0-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High