CVE-2017-2924

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the read_legacy_biff 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2924

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.0.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.4-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.