Bug 1927233 (CVE-2017-2910) - CVE-2017-2910 libxls: Out-of-bounds write in xls_addCell function
Summary: CVE-2017-2910 libxls: Out-of-bounds write in xls_addCell function
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-2910
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1927234
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-02-10 11:27 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-02-10 16:09 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-02-10 16:09:42 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 11:27:32 UTC 
An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 2.0. 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.

References:
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-02-10 11:28:29 UTC 
Created libxls tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1927234]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-02-10 16:09:42 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.
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