CVE-2023-38851

Name	CVE-2023-38851
Description	Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the xls_parseWorkBook function in xls.c:1018.
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	vulnerable
	bookworm	1.4.2-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid, trixie	1.4.5-1	vulnerable

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)	(unfixed)	unimportant

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/124 (#2)
Negligible security impact