CVE-2021-32014

mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.88% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USprimaryCWE-345USCWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HCL BigFixall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltech:bigfix:-
HCL BigFix < 10.0.8 all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltech:bigfix:10.0.8
HCL BigFix < 9.5.21all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltech:bigfix:9.5.21
IBM License Metric Toolall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:license_metric_tool:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corp. REST Data Services≤ 21.2.4fstec_bduRU
Sheetjs LLC SheetJS≤ 0.16.9fstec_bduRU
Sheetjs LLC SheetJS Pro≤ 0.16.9fstec_bduRU
oracle rest data services< 21.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sheetjs sheetjs≤ 0.16.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sheetjs sheetjs pro≤ 0.16.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.webjars.npm:xlsx< 0.17.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.webjars.npm/xlsx
npm xlsx< 0.17.0osvUSpkg:npm/xlsx

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2368HCL BigFix: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HCL BigFix ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, die Vertraulichkeit und die Integrität zu gefährden.
GHSA-g973-978j-2c3pDenial of Service in SheetJS Pro2021-07-22ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-07-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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