CVE-2019-20433
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CVE-2019-20433 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.1/10 on the CVSS scale. libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a buffer over-read for a string ending with a single '\0' byte, if the encoding is set to ucs-2 or ucs-4 outside of the application, as demonstrated by the ASPELL_CONF environment variable.. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a buffer over-read for a string ending with a single '\0' byte, if the encoding is set to ucs-2 or ucs-4 outside of the application, as demonstrated by the ASPELL_CONF environment variable.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Aspell | < 0.60.8 |
References
- http://aspell.net/buffer-overread-ucs.txtVendor Advisory
- http://aspell.net/buffer-overread-ucs.txtVendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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