CVE-2017-12961

HIGH

GNU PSPP - Denial of Service via Assertion Abort in parse_attributes Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is an assertion abort in the function parse_attributes() in data/sys-file-reader.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482436
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/pspp 0.11.0
Published Aug 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026