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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-12111

Deferred

Source-talos-cna@cisco.com

Published At-20 Nov, 2017 | 22:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Secondary	3.0	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	3.0	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Secondary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 8.8

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 7.8

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

libxls_project>>libxls>>1.4

cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-787	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-787

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64	talos-cna@cisco.com	N/A
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173	talos-cna@cisco.com	N/A
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463	talos-cna@cisco.com	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory