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The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c

Published Dec 25, 2018

Description

The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 25, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 25, 2018
Link CVE-2018-20452
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2018-20452
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2018-20452