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ubuntu-cve-2024-22368

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2024-01-09 09:15

Modified

2025-07-18 16:56

Summary

Details

The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document. This occurs because the memoize implementation does not have appropriate constraints on merged cells.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

5.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22368	REPORT
	https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22368	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6769-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2024-22368 (GCVE-0-2024-22368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:05

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel…
https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/changes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/2	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	mailing-list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerab…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

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usn-6769-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2024-05-09 15:54

Modified

2026-02-10 04:43

Summary

libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl vulnerabilities

Details

Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX did not properly manage memory during cell merge operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2024-22368)

An Pham discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX allowed the processing of external entities in a default configuration. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to execute an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack. (CVE-2024-23525)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6769-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22368	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23525	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2024-22368

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2024-22368 (GCVE-0-2024-22368)

usn-6769-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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