Bug 2232479 (CVE-2023-38852)

Summary: CVE-2023-38852 libxls: heap buffer overflow in xls_parseWorkBook() in xls.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-08-17 04:56:07 UTC
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the unicode_decode_wcstombs function in xlstool.c:266.

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/124

Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2023-08-17 07:58:18 UTC
Created libxls tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2232511]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-17 11:59:06 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.

Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-01 06:51:14 UTC
*** Bug 2236660 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-01 06:51:21 UTC
*** Bug 2236661 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-01 06:51:27 UTC
*** Bug 2236662 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-01 06:51:35 UTC
*** Bug 2236663 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 TEJ RATHI 2023-09-01 06:51:43 UTC
*** Bug 2236664 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***