Name: CVE-2018-20450: Double Free
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-12-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-20450, CWE-415, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01064

The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade r-cran-readxl	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 25, 2018
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-libs/libxls.	Mar 31, 2020	Dec 25, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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