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CVE-2019-20433 Details

Description

libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a buffer over-read for a string ending with a single '\0' byte, if the encoding is set to ucs-2 or ucs-4 outside of the application, as demonstrated by the ASPELL_CONF environment variable.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.1 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://aspell.net/buffer-overread-ucs.txt CVEVendor Advisory
http://aspell.net/buffer-overread-ucs.txt [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu aspell
< 0.60.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:aspell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-20433
NVD Published Date:
Jan 27, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-20433 Details - Not Deferred