UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20452
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20452
Related
Published
2018-12-25T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-04-23T14:53:26Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The readMSATbody 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 ole2readheader in ole.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@0.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.0.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0-1build1
1.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.3.1-2build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.1-2
1.3.1-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.3.1-2build2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.1-2build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.4.3-1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.4.3-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / r-cran-readxl

Package

Name
r-cran-readxl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@1.4.5-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.3-1
1.4.4-1
1.4.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}