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CVE-2017-2896
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-20T22:29:00.293 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:17:05.240

Summary

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . 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.

Affected products

libxls_project — libxls

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