A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Shared String Table Record Parser implementation in xls2csv utility version 0.95. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-48877 is rated Exploit Available (55/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.17% | 0.27% | +0.10% |
| 2 | 2026-03-29 | 0.06% | 0.17% | +0.11% |
| 3 | 2026-02-16 | — | 0.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.5 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2024-48877 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (catdoc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48877 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-48877 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (catdoc), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48877 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2128 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00032.html | |
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2128 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |