Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxls package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXLS-10077513
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-12109  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libxls.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULRK 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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