libxls Denial of Service Vulnerability

libxls is a C library for reading Exce xls files. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'readMSATbody' function of the ole.c file in libxls version 1.4.0, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service application crash with the help of a specially crafted file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20452

The readMSATbody function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management new versus free in ole2readheader in ole.c...

PT-2018-15387

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxls version 1.4.0 Description The issue is related to an invalid free in the read MSAT body function in ole.c, which can be triggered by a crafted file. This is due to inconsistent memory management in the ole2 read header function. Attacke...