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    CVE-2019-17544

    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.

    Published:Jul 31, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 14, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00344
    CVSS Score:9.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Aspell

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109
    https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e
    https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948
    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109
    https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e
    https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High