CVE-2019-17544
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 1.2%aspell - security update
Published: 10/14/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-17544DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17544
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/aspellfrom 0, < 0.60.6.1-r14
- Debian/aspellfrom 0, < 0.60.8-1
- Debian/aspellfrom 0, < 0.60.7~20110707-1.3+deb8u1
- Debian/aspellfrom 0, < 0.60.7~20110707-3+deb9u1
- Debian/aspellfrom 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 |