CVE-2023-38852

2023-08-1517:15:10

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

buffer overflow

libxlsv.1.6.2

remote code execution

crafted xls file

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.3%

JSON

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the unicode_decode_wcstombs function in xlstool.c:266.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allr-cran-readxl<= 1.4.2-1r-cran-readxl_1.4.2-1_all.deb
Debian11allr-cran-readxl<= 1.3.1-2r-cran-readxl_1.3.1-2_all.deb
Debian10allr-cran-readxl<= 1.3.0-1r-cran-readxl_1.3.0-1_all.deb
Debian999allr-cran-readxl<= 1.4.3-1r-cran-readxl_1.4.3-1_all.deb
Debian13allr-cran-readxl<= 1.4.3-1r-cran-readxl_1.4.3-1_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	r-cran-readxl	<= 1.4.2-1	r-cran-readxl_1.4.2-1_all.deb
Debian	11	all	r-cran-readxl	<= 1.3.1-2	r-cran-readxl_1.3.1-2_all.deb
Debian	10	all	r-cran-readxl	<= 1.3.0-1	r-cran-readxl_1.3.0-1_all.deb
Debian	999	all	r-cran-readxl	<= 1.4.3-1	r-cran-readxl_1.4.3-1_all.deb
Debian	13	all	r-cran-readxl	<= 1.4.3-1	r-cran-readxl_1.4.3-1_all.deb