Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-20450 - Double Free vulnerability in Libxls Project Libxls 1.4.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The read_MSAT function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has a double free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-2897.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
| NASL family | Gentoo Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | GENTOO_GLSA-202003-64.NASL |
| description | The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-64 (libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted Excel file using libxls, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. |
| last seen | 2020-04-04 |
| modified | 2020-03-31 |
| plugin id | 135019 |
| published | 2020-03-31 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135019 |
| title | GLSA-202003-64 : libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities |