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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-27819

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.83%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.83% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
libxls project/libxls
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.