CVE-2019-17544
aspell - security update
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-17544
To remediate CVE-2019-17544, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/aspell—upgrade to 0.60.6.1-r14 or later
- Debian/aspell—upgrade to 0.60.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.60.7~20110707-1.3+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.60.7~20110707-3+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.60.7~20110707-6+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-17544 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 0.60.6.1-r14
- from 0, < 0.60.8-1
- from 0, < 0.60.7~20110707-1.3+deb8u1
- from 0, < 0.60.7~20110707-3+deb9u1
- from 0, < 0.60.7~20110707-6+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |