High
Security advisory
wbook_addworksheet in workbook.c in libexcel.a in libexcel 0.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV) via a long name. NOTE: this is not a Microsoft product.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20213
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wbook_addworksheet in workbook.c in libexcel.a in libexcel 0.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV) via a long name. NOTE: this is not a Microsoft product.
osv:CVE-2018-20213
Complete source record
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