Security Advisory

CVE-2017-2897

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-11-20 22:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-16 20:17:24
Assigner talos
CVSS score 8.8
State PUBLISHED

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT 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.