UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38854

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38854
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38854.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38854
Upstream
Published
2023-08-15T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:26Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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.

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "0.1.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "1.0.0-2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro: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=esm-apps/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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.1-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.1-2build2"
        }
    ]
}

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "1.4.3-1"
        }
    ]
}

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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "r-cran-readxl",
            "binary_version": "1.4.5-1"
        }
    ]
}