CVE-2017-2897 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the read_MSAT function of libxls 1.4, allowing for memory corruption and potential remote code execution via a specially crafted XLS file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, as an attacker must send a malicious file. While the potential impact is high (C:H, I:H, A:H), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libxls_project:libxls:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.