CVE-2020-27819

Published: Feb 23, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.

Affected (1)

Products: Libxls Project: Libxls

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libxls Project Libxls	Before 1.6.2

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903296

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903296

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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