CVE-2018-20230
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-20230
To remediate CVE-2018-20230, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pspp—upgrade to 1.2.0-3 or later
Is CVE-2018-20230 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.2.0-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |