{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12110","details":"An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the xls_appendSST function of libxls 1.4.A specially crafted XLS file can cause memory corruption resulting in remote code execution.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:25Z","published":"2017-11-20T22:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12110"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12110"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0462"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12110"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"r-cran-readxl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl@0.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.1.0-1","binary_name":"r-cran-readxl"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12110.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}