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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-12109

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULRK record. A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-12109

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2018, 19:29 UTC

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULRK record. A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2017-12109
Complete source record
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