RSEC-2023-1 Double-free and invalid free vulnerabilities

The readxl R package has been found susceptible to vulnerabilities due to its dependency on libxls library version 1.4.0. Two distinct memory management issues were discovered in the readMSAT and readMSATbody functions within the ole.c component of libxls. The first vulnerability is a double-free...

CVE-2018-20450

The readMSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4173-1] r-cran-readxl security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4173-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 16, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

libxls read_MSAT Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2017-2897)

Summary An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the readMSAT function of libxls 1.4. 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. Tested Versions libxls 1.4...

CVE-2017-2897

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the readMSAT function of libxls 1.4. 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...

CVE-2017-2897

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the readMSAT function of libxls 1.4. 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...

CVE-2017-2897

CVE-2017-2897 describes an exploitable out-of-bounds write in the read_MSAT function of libxls 1.4, causing memory corruption that enables remote code execution when processing a malicious XLS file. The vulnerability is triggered by a specially crafted Excel file and can be exploited via a crafte...