CVE-2022-39831
Publication date 5 September 2022
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. 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. This issue is different from CVE-2018-20230.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| pspp | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |