CVE-2018-20230

HIGH

PSPP 1.2.0 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in read_bytes_internal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0. There is a heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660318

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 35.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/pspp 1.2.0
Published Dec 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026