### [CVE-2024-22368](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-22368)
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### Description

The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document. This occurs because the memoize implementation does not have appropriate constraints on merged cells.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/2
- https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md
- https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/changes
- https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds