Upstream information

CVE-2020-27819 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1179532 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3
  • libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
  • libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
  • libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-992
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
  • libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
  • libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-812
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
  • libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
  • libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-992
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-2.2
  • libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-2.2
  • libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11015

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 libxls Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 1 20:40:09 2020
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:48:29 2025