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CVE-2023-38851
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-787
Description
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 xls_parseWorkBook function in xls.c:1018.
Affected products
- libxls: 1.6.2
References
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