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CVE-2017-2896

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.05% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2017-2896
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.05%

Original NVD Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the xls_mergedCells function of libxls 1.4. . 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.