Bug 2257625 (CVE-2024-22368) - CVE-2024-22368 perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX: out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document
Summary: CVE-2024-22368 perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX: out-of-memory condition during par...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-22368
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2257626 2257627 2257628
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-01-10 10:37 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-01-10 10:42 UTC (History)
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The Perl package Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX is susceptible to an out-of-memory condition when parsing a specifically crafted XLSX document. This vulnerability stems from inadequately constrained merged cells within the memoize implementation. Exploiting this flaw could lead to resource exhaustion during the parsing process.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2024-01-10 10:37:37 UTC 
The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document. This occurs because the memoize implementation does not have appropriate constraints on merged cells.

https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md
https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/changes
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2024-01-10 10:37:55 UTC 
Created perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2257626]
Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2024-01-10 10:40:26 UTC 
Created perl-Spreadsheet-XLSX tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2257627]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2257628]
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