CVE-2019-17544

Publication date 14 October 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
aspell 19.10 eoan
Fixed 0.60.7-3ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H