CVE catalog
CVE-2017-2896
r-cran-readxl: CVE-2017-2896
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.14% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | sid | 1.6.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | forky | 1.6.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | trixie | 1.4.5-1 | fixed |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | bookworm | 1.4.2-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | r-cran-readxl | 16.04 | 0.1.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | sid | 1.0.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [895564] |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | forky | 1.0.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [895564] |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | trixie | 1.0.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [895564] |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | bookworm | 1.0.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [895564] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [r-cran-readxl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.4.2-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.0-2dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · bookworm; dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 12
1.4.2-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.0-2dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · bookworm; dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [r-cran-readxl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.4.5-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.0-2dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 13
1.4.5-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.0-2dsa · r-cran-readxl · debian · 13
Observed: