CVE-2004-0548
EPSS 0.18%
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in the wordlist that is not properly handled when using the (1) "c" compress option or (2) "d" decompress option.
How to fix CVE-2004-0548
To remediate CVE-2004-0548, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/aspell—upgrade to 0.50.5-3 or later
Is CVE-2004-0548 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.50.5-3