| Name | CVE-2017-2924 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_legacy_biff function |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1098-1, DSA-3976-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 875691 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| freexl (PTS) | wheezy | 1.0.0b-1+deb7u3 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 1.0.0b-1+deb7u4 | fixed |
| jessie | 1.0.0g-1+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.0.0g-1+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.0.2-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1.0.2-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, sid | 1.0.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0431
https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/ci/40c17539ea56f0d8