CVE-2019-17544

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La biblioteca libaspell.a en GNU Aspell versiones anteriores a 0.60.8, presenta una lectura excesiva del búfer en la región stack de la memoria en la función acommon::unescape en el archivo common/getdata.cpp por medio de un carácter \ aislado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-10-14 CVE Reserved
2019-10-14 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-10-07 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e	2021-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1	2021-08-02
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2	2021-08-02
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948	2021-08-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Aspell Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Aspell"				< 0.60.8 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Aspell" and version " < 0.60.8"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.04"		-		Affected