# CVE-2017-2806: Information disclosure in Perceptive Document Filters

> A crafted XLS document can trigger an arbitrary read in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters, leading to memory disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 20 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wmw2-pm8r-7xv5

## What is CVE-2017-2806?

CVE-2017-2806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters, published on 20 Apr 2017. 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

An exploitable arbitrary read exists in the XLS parsing of the Lexmark Perspective Document Filters conversion functionality. A crafted XLS document can lead to a arbitrary read resulting in memory disclosure. The vulnerability was confirmed on versions 11.3.0.2228 and 11.3.0.2400

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2806?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2806?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-2806 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters

- [CVE-2016-4336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4336/): Memory corruption in Perceptive Document Filters (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-2821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2821/): Use after free in Perceptive Document Filters (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-4335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4335/): Memory corruption in Perceptive Document Filters (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2016-5646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5646/): Memory corruption in Perceptive Document Filters (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-2822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2822/): Memory corruption in Perceptive Document Filters (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2806 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters, published on 20 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2806/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2806/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2806
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2806
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2806

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2806/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.