Name: CVE-2017-2924: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-2924, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.02235

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the read_legacy_biff function of FreeXL 1.0.3. 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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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 freexl	Sep 18, 2017	Sep 17, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade freexl	Oct 14, 2017	Oct 13, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade freexl-develUpgrade libfreexl1	Sep 25, 2017	Sep 17, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade freexl	Nov 19, 2024	Apr 24, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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