cve/2017/CVE-2017-2896.md

### [CVE-2017-2896](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2896)
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### Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon