CVE-2019-17544

critical

Description

libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html

https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8

https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-14

Updated: 2021-08-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical