CVE-2017-12111 - OpenCVE

An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Libxls Project	Libxls

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Link	Resource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463	Third Party Advisory

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2017-11-20T00:00:00

Updated: 2022-04-19T18:20:11

Reserved: 2017-07-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12111

JSON object: View

NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-20T22:29:00.247

Modified: 2022-04-19T19:15:14.510

Link: CVE-2017-12111

JSON object: View

Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

CWE-787

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