Security advisory

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  "id": "fe5abb2ed4f839cfefac74dcf1345df0386eb4ffad88690b240177f67ef71fd8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38855",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38855",
    "summary": "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 get_string function in xlstool.c:395.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38855",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38855",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-38855"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libxls/libxls",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "448240067919707eb95fb009f76f3fdb439b1427"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "448240067919707eb95fb009f76f3fdb439b1427"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.6.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.6.2",
            "v1.6.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38855.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:21.651499966Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38855.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38855",
        "https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/124"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38855.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38855",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487522,
  "published_at": "2023-08-15T00:00:00+00:00"
}