CVE-2022-39831

HIGH

PSPP 1.6.2 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in read_bytes_internal

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. 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. This issue is different from CVE-2018-20230.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62977

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VQKWIVW5WJ5ZQNNQFRKTRKD7J3LRLUYW/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OECANCPD4WSSBJLSC3EE472M5DXRTIS4/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (3)

fedoraproject/fedora 36

fedoraproject/fedora 37

gnu/pspp 1.6.2

Published Sep 05, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026