CVE catalog

CVE-2017-12110

r-cran-readxl: CVE-2017-12110

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
2.18% · Oct 25, 2026

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianr-cran-readxlsid1.6.0-1fixed
Debianr-cran-readxlforky1.6.0-1fixed
Debianr-cran-readxltrixie1.4.5-1fixed
Debianr-cran-readxlbookworm1.4.2-1fixed
Ubuntur-cran-readxl16.040.1.0-1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianr-cran-readxlsourcesid1.0.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[895564]
Debianr-cran-readxlsourceforky1.0.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[895564]
Debianr-cran-readxlsourcetrixie1.0.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[895564]
Debianr-cran-readxlsourcebookworm1.0.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[895564]

[Debian bug #895564]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • Details (2)
    • 1.4.2-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0-2

      dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · bookworm; dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 12

    • 1.4.2-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0-2

      dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · bookworm; dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • Details (2)
    • 1.4.5-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0-2

      dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 13

    • 1.4.5-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0-2

      dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 13

Observed:

References