VDB
CVE-2017-2896
CVE-2017-2896
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 2.14% · 81.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.14%
81.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 0.1.0-1 |
Timeline
- Nov 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 18, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2896 advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2896 third-party-advisory