{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101","details":"Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.","modified":"2026-09-15T09:02:57.796201037Z","published":"2023-12-24T22:15:07.983Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-7101"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7101"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6500-4~deb12u1"}]}],"versions":["0.6500-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6500-4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6500-4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}