CVE-2018-20213 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the wbook_addworksheet function of libexcel 0.01, affecting the libexcel_project. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a segmentation fault (SEGV) by providing a long worksheet name, leading to a high-impact denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libexcel_project:libexcel:0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.