CVE-2004-0548

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    CVE-2004-0548

    Published: 6 Aug 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-14.xml, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108675120224531&w=2, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10497

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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