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CVE-2004-0548

Aspell (word-list-compress) - Command Line Stack Overflow

Severity Score

7.2
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en la pila en la funcionalidad word-list-compress en compress.c de Aspell permite a usuarios locales ejecutar código arbitrario mediante una entrada larga en la lista de palabras que no se maneja adecuadamente cuando se utiliza la opción de compresión ""c"" o la opción de descompresión ""d"".

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2004-06-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2004-06-11 CVE Published
  • 2004-12-01 First Exploit
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gnu
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 Aspell
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 0.50.5
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Affected
Gentoo
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 Linux
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 1.4
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Affected