CVE-2017-2910

Name	CVE-2017-2910
Description	An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 2.0. 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
r-cran-readxl (PTS)	bullseye	1.3.1-2	fixed
	bookworm	1.4.2-1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	1.4.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
r-cran-readxl	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- r-cran-readxl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927234