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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2896

CVE-2017-2896

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . 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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Affected products

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  • Libxls/Libxls2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.4
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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