CVE-2018-20450

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20450
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-25 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-30 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libxls Project Libxls 1.4.0 All All All
Application Libxls Project Libxls 1.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-64) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Double Free vulneribility in read_MSAT function · Issue #34 · libxls/libxls · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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