CVE-2021-27836

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27836
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-27836.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-27836
Downstream
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Published
2021-11-03T17:15:08.337Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:56:59.291822767Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "33"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "34"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "34"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "35"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "35"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libxls/libxls

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libxls/libxls
Events
Introduced
448240067919707eb95fb009f76f3fdb439b1427
Last affected
448240067919707eb95fb009f76f3fdb439b1427
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.6.2-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.6.2-NA"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.6.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.2-NA
v1.*
v1.6.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-27836.json"