CVE-2021-32014

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Published Jul 19, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

SheetJS and SheetJS Pro through 0.16.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted .xlsx document that is mishandled when read by xlsx.js.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs_pro::::::node.js::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1466	SheetJS and SheetJS Pro through 0.16.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted .xlsx document that is mishandled when read by xlsx.js.
Github GHSA	GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p	Denial of Service in SheetJS Pro

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.880% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://floqast.com/engineering-blog/post/fuzzing-and-parsing-securely/
https://sheetjs.com/pro
https://www.npmjs.com/package/xlsx/v/0.17.0
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Oracle Rest Data Services

Sheetjs Sheetjs Sheetjs Pro

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:17 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 19, 2021, 1:20 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:17 PM
Reserved: May 3, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 19, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:52 AM

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