CVE-2020-27819

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	libxls	libxls before 1.6.2

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903296Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903296Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 23, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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