cvelist/2017/2xxx/CVE-2017-2896.json

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      "ASSIGNER" : "talos-cna@cisco.com",
      "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2017-11-20T00:00:00",
      "ID" : "CVE-2017-2896",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
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               "product" : {
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                        "product_name" : "libxls",
                        "version" : {
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                              {
                                 "version_value" : "1.4"
                              }
                           ]
                        }
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               "vendor_name" : "libxls"
            }
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      }
   },
   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
         {
            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "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."
         }
      ]
   },
   "problemtype" : {
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            "description" : [
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                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "remote code execution"
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   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "url" : "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0403"
         }
      ]
   }
}