CVE-2017-12108
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.1%r-cran-readxl - security update
Published: 4/24/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12108
Description
An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULBLANK record. 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/r-cran-readxlfrom 0, < 1.0.0-2
- Debian/r-cran-readxlfrom 0, < 0.1.1-1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |