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CVE-2017-2910

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• 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: yes
• Published: 2020-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An exploitable Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability exists in the xls_addCell function of libxls 2.0. 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: 2.0.0

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0417

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