Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pspp package, versions <1.2.0-3
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published19 Dec 2018
- disclosed19 Dec 2018
Introduced: 19 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20230 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 pspp to version 1.2.0-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pspp package and not the pspp package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.