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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-14 01:07Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 68df03e358913a8e51f7bdfd48de9cd7a11069fc6ecd16bfe22624cbf4d08713
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e
- github.comhttps://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4155-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191019 [SECURITY] [DLA 1966-1] aspell security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4155-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210725 [SECURITY] [DLA 2720-1] aspell security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4948https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- aspell Fixed in 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.