CVE-2026-3665 (GCVE-0-2026-3665)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-07 15:32 – Updated: 2026-03-11 16:29
VLAI
Title
xlnt-community xlnt XLSX File xlsx_consumer.cpp read_office_document null pointer dereference
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. The affected element is the function xlnt::detail::xlsx_consumer::read_office_document of the file source/detail/serialization/xlsx_consumer.cpp of the component XLSX File Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xlnt-community xlnt Affected: 1.6.0
Affected: 1.6.1
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Credits
Oneafter (VulDB User)
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