cvelist/2017/12xxx/CVE-2017-12109.json

{
   "CVE_data_meta" : {
      "ASSIGNER" : "talos-cna@cisco.com",
      "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2017-11-15T00:00:00",
      "ID" : "CVE-2017-12109",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
      "vendor" : {
         "vendor_data" : [
            {
               "product" : {
                  "product_data" : [
                     {
                        "product_name" : "libxls",
                        "version" : {
                           "version_data" : [
                              {
                                 "version_value" : "1.4 readxl package 1.0.0 for R (tested using Microsoft R 4.3.1)"
                              }
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  ]
               },
               "vendor_name" : "libxls"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
         {
            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_preparseWorkSheet function of libxls 1.4 when handling a MULRK record. 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."
         }
      ]
   },
   "problemtype" : {
      "problemtype_data" : [
         {
            "description" : [
               {
                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "remote code execution"
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   },
   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0461",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0461"
         }
      ]
   }
}