CVE-2015-2776 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by providing a crafted Excel workbook to applications using the FreeXL library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2776?
CVE-2015-2776 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The parse_SST function in FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted shared strings table in a workbook.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2776?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gaia-Gis Freexl.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2776?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-2776 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2776 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2776, GHSA-vh6v-4rj2-6qcq, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2776.