CVE-2024-22368 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via out-of-memory condition by providing a crafted XLSX document to the Perl Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-22368?
CVE-2024-22368 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22368?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (3)
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 | All versions | 0.290.0-bp155.2.3.1 |
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 0.290.0-bp155.2.3.1 |
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 0.290.0-2.1 |
Products include Tozt Spreadsheet\.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22368?
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-2024-22368 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-22368 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22368, GHSA-x2hg-844v-frvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22368, openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:13584-1.