UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12110

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12110

    Published: 20 Nov 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12110

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12110, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0462, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12110

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: r-cran-readxl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0-1

    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