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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-12110

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-12110

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Nov 2017, 22:29 UTC

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

osv:CVE-2017-12110
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:35.704111619Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2017-11-20T22:29:00.2+00:00"
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