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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-22368 json

The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.28 for Perl can encounter an out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document.

published 2024-01-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19927

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tozt spreadsheet::parsexlsx 0.28
  • libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl Debian 12 0.27-3+deb12u1
  • libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl Debian 14, Debian 13 0.29-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22368

  • libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.27-2+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
  • libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.27-2.1+deb11u2build0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22368

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.290.0-2.1
  • perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 0.290.0-bp155.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13584-1openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-22368 updated

perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX: out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Sources

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