CVE-2018-20230

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660318	Issue Tracking Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-12-19 11:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-20230

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20230

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20230

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

pspp

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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