VDB
CVE-2017-2910
CVE-2017-2910
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 2.0. 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 2.18% · 81.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.18%
81.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 1.4.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 1.3.1-2, 1.3.1-2build1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 1.0.0-2, 1.0.0-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 1.3.1-2build2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | r-cran-readxl | 0, 1.4.5-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | r-cran-readxl | 0, 0.1.0-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 2, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2910 third-party-advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2910 third-party-advisory