Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-38854 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Libxls Project Libxls 1.6.2

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libxls-project
CWE-787

Summary

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 transcode_latin1_to_utf8 function in xlstool.c:296.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libxls_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)