CRITICAL
aspell: stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp
Published Oct 14, 2019
9.1
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.26%
Description
libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 19.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
aspell
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
aspell
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
aspell
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
aspell
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | aspell | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | aspell | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | aspell | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | aspell | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.1 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
6.6 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact High
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.26% 0.03259
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03259
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03259) | 87.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03259) | 86.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 57.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 1.64% (0.01644) | 80.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 52.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01084) | 84.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 6, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01084) | 82.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 79.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00571) | 75.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00589) | 75.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00493) | 72.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 20.15% (0.20148) | 94.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 7.85% (0.07855) | 85.01th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.85% (0.07855) | 84.84th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 76.13th | v1 |
| Aug 2, 2021 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Jul 26, 2021 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17544 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765752 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17544
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17544
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17544 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765752 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17544 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17544 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 14, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 14, 2019
Link CVE-2019-17544
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a