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Multiple exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exists in FreeXL 1.0.3

Affected packages
freexl < 1.0.4

Details

VuXML ID 555cd806-b031-11e7-a369-14dae9d59f67
Discovery 2017-09-11
Entry 2017-10-13

Cisco TALOS reports:

An exploitable heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the read_biff_next_record 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.

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.

References

CVE Name CVE-2017-2923
CVE Name CVE-2017-2924
URL https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0430
URL https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0431