Bug 1179720 (CVE-2017-2910) - VUL-1: CVE-2017-2910: libxls: Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4 can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution
Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2017-2910: libxls: Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the xls_ad...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2017-2910
Product: openSUSE Distribution
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Security (show other bugs)
Version: Leap 15.2
Hardware: Other Other
: P4 - Low : Minor (vote)
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URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/272633/
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Reported: 2020-12-07 16:03 UTC by Wolfgang Frisch
Modified: 2024-07-04 08:26 UTC (History)
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Description Wolfgang Frisch 2020-12-07 16:03:36 UTC 
CVE-2017-2910

An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell
function of libxls 2.0. 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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-2910
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2910
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417
Comment 1 Wolfgang Frisch 2024-07-04 08:26:26 UTC 
All maintained packages have long been updated:
openSUSE:Factory/libxls
openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP5:Update/libxls
openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP6:Update/libxls