Candidate: CVE-2017-12111 PublicDate: 2017-11-20 22:29:00 UTC References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12111 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463 Description: An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability. Ubuntu-Description: Notes: Bugs: Priority: medium Discovered-by: Assigned-to: CVSS: nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH] Patches_r-cran-readxl: upstream_r-cran-readxl: released (1.0.0-2, 0.1.1-1+deb9u1) precise/esm_r-cran-readxl: DNE trusty_r-cran-readxl: DNE trusty/esm_r-cran-readxl: DNE xenial_r-cran-readxl: ignored (end of standard support, was needed) zesty_r-cran-readxl: ignored (reached end-of-life) artful_r-cran-readxl: ignored (reached end-of-life) bionic_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) cosmic_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) disco_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) eoan_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) focal_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) groovy_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) hirsute_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) impish_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) jammy_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2) devel_r-cran-readxl: not-affected (1.0.0-2)