An exploitable heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'read_biff_next_record 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:03:55.269Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-2923

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-24T19:29:03.860

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:24:27.993

Link: CVE-2017-2923

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