rsec-2023-9

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/gdata/RSEC-2023-9.yaml"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "CRAN",
        "name": "gdata",
        "purl": "pkg:cran/gdata"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.16.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.16.1",
        "2.17.0",
        "2.18.0",
        "2.18.0.1",
        "2.19.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Bundled Perl script Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 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. Fixed with the depreation of Excel-related functionality from gdata version 3.0.0 -- upgrading advised.",
  "id": "RSEC-2023-9",
  "modified": "2025-05-19T19:43:48.455096Z",
  "published": "2025-05-16T00:12:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7101"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/r-gregmisc/gdata/issues/14"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) Vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-7101"
  ]
}