CVE-2017-2896
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.56%Published: 11/20/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/r-cran-readxlfrom 0, < 1.0.0-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |