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CVE-2004-0548

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:aspell:0.50.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -