5.5
CVE-2020-27819
- EPSS 0.27%
- Published 23.02.2021 04:15:13
- Last modified 21.11.2024 05:21:52
- Source secalert@redhat.com
- CVE-Watchlists
- Open
An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Libxls Project ≫ Libxls Version < 1.6.2
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.27% | 0.474 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 4.3 | 8.6 | 2.9 |
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.