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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
r-cran-readxl (PTS)	stretch	0.1.1-1+deb9u2	undetermined
	stretch (security)	0.1.1-1+deb9u1	undetermined
	buster	1.3.0-1	undetermined
	bullseye, sid	1.3.1-2	undetermined

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)	undetermined

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417
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