CVE-2017-12111 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00658.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libxls Project Subscribe	Libxls Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4173-1	r-cran-readxl security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3695	An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2017-11-20T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:19:15.759Z

Reserved: 2017-07-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12111

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-20T22:29:00.247

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12111

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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