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The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or pos...
CVE-2018-20452
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20452 r-cran-readxl Fixed in: 1.2.0.9000-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452 r-cran-readxl
Original description The description as published by the source.
The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.
References
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- report github.com