CVE-2021-27836

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-27836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-03 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Libxls Project Libxls 1.6.2 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libxls-1.6.2-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
libxls test.c and test2.c - NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to xls_parseWorkSheet() misuse · Issue #94 · libxls/libxls · GitHub MISC github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 282068 Fedora Security Update for libxls (FEDORA-2021-785cdbddf9)
  • 282069 Fedora Security Update for libxls (FEDORA-2021-25e89d9374)
  • 282151 Fedora Security Update for libxls (FEDORA-2021-033a5fe9e5)
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