What is CVE-2017-12961?

CVE-2017-12961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Pspp, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-12961?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Gnu Pspp

CVE-2017-12961

There is an assertion abort in the function parse_attributes() in data/sys-file-reader.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (50.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Pspp — versions 0.11.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12961?: CVE-2017-12961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Pspp, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-12961?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.