7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
Activity log
- Created & dismissed (no matching packages found) suggestion
PhpSpreadsheet: XLS/OLE sector-chain self-loop causes memory exhaustion
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. In versions 4.0.0 through 5.8.0, 3.3.0 through 3.10.6, 2.2.0 through 2.4.6, 2.0.0 through 2.1.17, and all releases up to and including 1.30.5, the OLE reader follows sector chains from attacker-controlled XLS/OLE metadata without detecting cycles or enforcing a maximum chain length. A tiny malformed .xls/OLE file can set the small-block depot sector chain to point back to itself. During normal XLS detection, OLERead::read() appends the same sector data repeatedly until the PHP process exhausts memory. This is reachable from Reader\Xls::canRead() and therefore from automatic spreadsheet type detection. Applications that accept attacker-controlled spreadsheet uploads can suffer denial of service from a very small file. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.8.1, 3.10.7, 2.4.7, 2.1.18 and 1.30.6.
References
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-xh5m-36r6-47m3 exploitx_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.30.6 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/2.1.18 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/2.4.7 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/3.10.7 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/5.8.1 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==>= 4.0.0, < 5.8.1
- ==< 1.30.6
- ==>= 3.3.0, < 3.10.7
- ==>= 2.2.0, < 2.4.7
- ==>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.18