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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2004-0548 EUVD-2004-0547GHSA-qj45-8h8f-43w4

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitra…

Published Jun 11, 2004 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: aspell Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 aspell 0.50.5-3 —
Debian 13 aspell 0.50.5-3 —
Debian 12 aspell 0.50.5-3 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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