DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38851
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851
Upstream
Published
2023-08-15T17:15:10Z
Modified
2026-09-15T09:01:39Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the xls_parseWorkBook function in xls.c:1018.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / r-cran-readxl

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.2-1
1.4.3-1
1.4.4-1
1.4.5-1
1.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851.json"

Debian:13 / r-cran-readxl

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.5-1
1.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851.json"

Debian:14 / r-cran-readxl

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.5-1
1.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38851.json"