An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0.

published 2018-12-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-12796

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

distros 2

debian opensuse

pspp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20230

pspp openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.1-2.3
spread-sheet-widget Package Hub 15 0.3-bp150.2.1
pspp Package Hub 15 1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11199-1 openSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1660318 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1660318
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-20230
NVD CVE-2018-20230

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Summary