Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting r-cran-readxl package, versions <1.0.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-RCRANREADXL-308691
  • published24 Apr 2018
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable r-cran-readxl to version 1.0.0-2 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.

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.