xlnt-community xlnt Compound Document binary.hpp append heap-based overflow
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A weakness has been identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::binary_writer::append of the file source/detail/binary.hpp of the component Compound Document Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Patch name: 147. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
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