CVE-2017-2924

2017-09-1100:00:00

talos

www.cve.org

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.021 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.2%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "FreeXL",
    "vendor": "Alessandro Furieri",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.0.3"
      }
    ]
  }
]