CVE catalog
CVE-2023-38852
r-cran-readxl: CVE-2023-38852
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.33% · Oct 25, 2026
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the unicode_decode_wcstombs function in xlstool.c:266.
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 | vulnerable |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | forky | 1.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | trixie | 1.4.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | bookworm | 1.4.2-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | r-cran-readxl | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.