UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2896
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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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2896, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2896
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
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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