Bug 1829366 (CVE-2017-2919) - CVE-2017-2919 libxls: out-of-bounds vulnerability in the xls_getfcell function which could result in remote code execution
Summary: CVE-2017-2919 libxls: out-of-bounds vulnerability in the xls_getfcell functio...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-2919
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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Reported: 2020-04-29 13:09 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-10-28 05:25 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libxls 1.5
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Last Closed: 2021-10-28 05:25:32 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2020-04-29 13:09:28 UTC 
An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_getfcell function of libxls 1.3.4. 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
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-04-29 13:09:31 UTC 
External References:

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0426
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