CVE-2019-17544

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
9.1CRITICAL
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU AspellCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 14
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgnu/aspell< 0.60.8
▶Debianaspell< 0.60.8-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3f6h-6ch9-p8jv: libaspell↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-17544: libaspell↗2019-10-14
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OSV
CVE-2019-17544: libaspell↗2019-10-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Aspell vulnerability↗2019-10-21
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Ubuntu
Aspell vulnerability↗2019-10-15
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Red Hat
aspell: stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp↗2019-07-31
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Debian
CVE-2019-17544: aspell - libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in ac...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17544 aspell: stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp [fedora-all]↗2019-10-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17544 aspell: stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp↗2019-10-25
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CVE-2019-17544 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.1) | libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0. | cvebase.io