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CVE-2018-20230 json

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12796

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0. There is a heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • pspp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20230

  • pspp openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.1-2.3
  • spread-sheet-widget Package Hub 15 0.3-bp150.2.1
  • pspp Package Hub 15 1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11199-1openSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1

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Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660318 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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