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

CVE-2017-2897

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the read_MSAT 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

Libxls/Libxls2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.4

Patches

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References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173nvdThird Party Advisory
www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0404nvdThird Party Advisory

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