CVE-2023-38856

2023-08-1517:15:11

Google

osv.dev

buffer overflow

libxlsv.1.6.2

xls file

denial of service

remote attacker

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

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.5%

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 get_string function in xlstool.c:411.

CPENameOperatorVersion
r-cran-readxleq1.4.3-1
libxlseq1.6.2
libxlseq1.1.0
r-cran-readxleq1.4.2-1
libxlseq0.3.0
libxlseq1.3.0
libxlseq1.5.0-rc1
r-cran-readxleq1.3.1-1
libxlseq1.3.4
libxlseq1.5.0-rc3

Name	Operator	Version
r-cran-readxl	eq	1.4.3-1
libxls	eq	1.6.2
libxls	eq	1.1.0
r-cran-readxl	eq	1.4.2-1
libxls	eq	0.3.0
libxls	eq	1.3.0
libxls	eq	1.5.0-rc1
r-cran-readxl	eq	1.3.1-1
libxls	eq	1.3.4
libxls	eq	1.5.0-rc3