Description
An issue was discovered in FreeXL before 1.0.5. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the parse_unicode_string function.
Published: 2018-02-23
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1297-1 freexl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4129-1 freexl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19169 An issue was discovered in FreeXL before 1.0.5. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the parse_unicode_string function.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00697}

epss

{'score': 0.00701}


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Debian Debian Linux
Freexl Project Freexl
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.899Z

Reserved: 2018-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-7438

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-23T21:29:00.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:12:08.060

Link: CVE-2018-7438

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7438 - Bugzilla

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