Buffer overflow in Hunspell Project

CVE-2019-16707

Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (74.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16707?
CVE-2019-16707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hunspell Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-16707?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16707 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.