DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2897

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2897
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2897.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2897
Upstream
Published
2017-11-20T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:26:45Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/r-cran-readxl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/r-cran-readxl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/r-cran-readxl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/r-cran-readxl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}