CVE-2024-22368: The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document. This...
5.5
CVSS
Description
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-22368
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 7.66% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-07 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: poc
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22368https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md
https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/changes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00018.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNJVC4C5C5V44DNOZ5BHVU53CDXPB2OJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R7NYWVVZYDZIQC5YEXNHZM6VEE26SJV/
https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html