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GHSA-X2HG-844V-FRVH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-09 09:30 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31

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

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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

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	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…

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