CVE-2023-38854

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38854
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38854.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-38854
Downstream
Published
2023-08-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-07-08T07:02:56.842324357Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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 transcodelatin1to_utf8 function in xlstool.c:296.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38854.json",
    "cna_assigner": "mitre"
}
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 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.6.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.6.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.2
v1.*
v1.6.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38854.json"