UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2924
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Summary:
Details: An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the read_legacy_biff function of FreeXL 1.0.3. 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-2017-2924, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0431, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2924
Affected packages
Package
Name: freexl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.3
Affected versions
1.0.0d-1
1.0.0f-1
1.0.0f-2
1.0.0g-1
1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
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
