CVE-2019-17544 Information

Description

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 Vector

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

Reference

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109 https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7…rel-0.60.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.1