{"action":"Upgrade r-cran-readxl to 1.0.0-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.0.0-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"r-cran-readxl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.0.0-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCDB9XGWB8C6NRT2T2K08E","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:47.919329598Z","published_at":"2017-11-20T22:29:00.293Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2896"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896#Debian:13/r-cran-readxl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2896"}],"summary":"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."}