Integer Overflow or Wraparound The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package r-cran-readxl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-RCRANREADXL-661231
  • published24 Apr 2018
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-12108  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

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 Ubuntu.

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULBLANK 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.