Out-of-Bounds Affecting r-cran-readxl package, versions <1.2.0.9000-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-RCRANREADXL-308668
  • published25 Dec 2018
  • disclosed25 Dec 2018

Introduced: 25 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20452  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable r-cran-readxl to version 1.2.0.9000-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream r-cran-readxl package and not the r-cran-readxl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.