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low 1.8

CVE-2026-75819 json

Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Aspell

published 2026-10-06 34 d ago modified 2026-10-06 33 d ago also EUVD-2026-93365

cvss
1.8
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GNU Aspell contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOnlyDict::load() in readonly_ws.cpp. When loading a binary .rws dictionary file, it uses offset fields from the file header as byte indices into a heap buffer without validating their bounds. An attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to run aspell with a crafted dictionary file supplied through --master, --dict-dir, or configuration options, leading to heap memory disclosure or a denial of service via application crash.

This issue was fixed in commit 941953b25031bc9104e83f58e138a664b8dedc3f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.

Patch / fix

  • GNU Aspell 0.60.8.3
  • aspell Debian 14 0.60.8.2-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75819

  • aspell openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.60.8.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12079-1

  • aspell Azure Linux 3.0 0.60.8.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-105972

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-75819 updated cvss 4.4

aspell: aspell: Denial of Service via crafted dictionary file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 aspell 0.60.8.1-3.el10
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 aspell 0.60.8.1-3.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 aspell, aspell 0.60.8.1-3.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 aspell, aspell 0.60.8.1-3.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 aspell 0.60.8.1-3.el10
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
34 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • GNU Aspell

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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