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CVE-2015-2776 json

The parse_SST function in FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted shar…

published 2015-03-31 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2866

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The parse_SST function in FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted shared strings table in a workbook.

Patch / fix

  • freexl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.0g-1+deb8u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2776

  • freexl Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2776

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

  • freexl openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.2-2.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10539-1

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-2015-2776 updated cvss 4.4

freexl: multiple flaws when parsing malformed input

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 freexl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

Exploit prediction

2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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