Security advisory

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  "id": "f20e1fac78dc9a47703c6020e0a12434aa0f956d5589502d7ab951dac0469276",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20450",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-20450",
    "summary": "The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20450",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-20450",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-20450"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libxls/libxls",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ab544df742cf50c730d1b6e46c66e44e3e42399f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ab544df742cf50c730d1b6e46c66e44e3e42399f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.4.0",
            "v1.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20450.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:24.432219442Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64",
        "https://github.com/evanmiller/libxls/issues/34"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2018-20450",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381685,
  "published_at": "2018-12-25T17:29:00.25+00:00"
}