CVE-2017-2924 HIGH

CVE-2017-2924

Vendor Alessandro Furieri
Product FreeXL
Published April 24, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the read_legacy_biff function of FreeXL 1.0.3. 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 24, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated