Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-2923 (CCN-131753)

Assigned:2016-12-01
Published:2017-09-11
Updated:2022-06-13
Summary:An exploitable heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'read_biff_next_record function' of FreeXL 1.0.3. A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-2923

Source: BID
Type: Broken Link
100807

Source: CCN
Type: BID-100807
FreeXL 'read_biff_next_record()' Function Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freexl-cve20172923-bo(131753)

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-3976

Source: CCN
Type: FreeXL Web site
FreeXL: FreeXL

Source: CCN
Type: Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2017-0430
FreeXL read_biff_next_record Code Execution Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0430

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-2923

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:freexl_project:freexl:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:freexl_project:freexl:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20172923
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112258
    P
    		freexl-devel-1.0.6-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105785
    P
    		freexl-devel-1.0.6-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25465
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24891
    P
    		Security update for qemu (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25664
    P
    		Security update for ImageMagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25174
    P
    		Security update for tomcat (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25518
    P
    		Security update for samba (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24902
    P
    		Security update for wireshark (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26302
    P
    		Security update for python-PyYAML (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25231
    P
    		Security update for gcc9 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25606
    P
    		Security update for libjpeg-turbo (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24966
    P
    		Security update for libu2f-host (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26337
    P
    		Security update for freexl (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25315
    P
    		Security update for ovmf (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25620
    P
    		Security update for ovmf (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25093
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20172923000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20172923000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201729230000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20172923000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201729230000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20172923000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2923 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-04-24
    BACK
    freexl_project freexl 1.0.3
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    freexl_project freexl 1.0.3