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CVE-2017-12111

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 1.4. A specially crafted XLS file with a formula record can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• libxls: 1.4

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-64
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4173
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0463

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