CVE-2004-0548

published 2004-08-06

CVE-2004-0548: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long…

Priority P4 27 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in the wordlist that is not properly handled when using the (1) "c" compress option or (2) "d" decompress option.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	aspell	< aspell 0.50.5-3 (bookworm)	aspell 0.50.5-3 (bookworm)
gentoo	linux	—	—
gnu	aspell	—	—
gnu	aspell	>= 0 < 0.50.5-3	0.50.5-3
gnu	aspell	>= 0 < 0.50.5-3	0.50.5-3
gnu	aspell	>= 0 < 0.50.5-3	0.50.5-3
gnu	aspell	>= 0 < 0.50.5-3	0.50.5-3

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.2 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.2 HIGH

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