Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0548
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in the wordlist that is not properly handled when using the (1) "c" compress option or (2) "d" decompress option.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 1.4
- GNU Aspell — versions 0.50.5
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10497 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-14.xml (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)