Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Dec 25, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-20450
CVE-2018-20450
Description
The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.
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References
2- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- github.com/evanmiller/libxls/issues/34mitrex_refsource_MISC
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