CVE-2020-27819CWE-476

An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files

published February 23, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00825 · 57.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-02-23T03:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 FEB 03:40Z
    An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files
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