Out-of-bounds Read Affecting aspell package, versions <0.60.8-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ASPELL-20556941
  • published7 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2019

Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest aspell to version 0.60.8-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream aspell package and not the aspell package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1