CVE-2017-2896

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4

High · published November 20, 2017

CVSS v3.0
8.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02136 · 81.7th percentile
Published
2017-11-20T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 NOV 22:00Z
    An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4
    cvelistv5