Bug 1490896 (CVE-2017-2924) - CVE-2017-2924 freexl: Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_legacy_biff function
Summary: CVE-2017-2924 freexl: Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_legacy_biff func...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-2924
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1490901 1490902
Blocks: 1490900
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Reported: 2017-09-12 12:43 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-10-21 11:56 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: freexl 1.0.4
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 11:56:54 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-09-12 12:43:48 UTC 
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.

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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0431
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-09-12 12:48:29 UTC 
Created freexl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1490901]
Affects: openshift-1 [bug 1490902]
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