Name: CVE-2017-12110: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12110, CWE-190, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.02183

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade r-cran-readxl	Apr 19, 2018	Nov 20, 2017
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-libs/libxls.	Mar 31, 2020	Nov 20, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Nov 20, 2017

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CVSS Details

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