UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452

    Published: 25 Dec 2018Last Modified: 20 May 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: r-cran-readxl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl?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
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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