Low
pspp — security advisory
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Products
- pspp
- Affected versions
- 1.6.2-2, 2.0.0-1, 2.0.0-2, 2.0.0-3, 2.0.1-1, 2.1.0-1, 2.1.1-1, 2.1.2-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-5898
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5898
pspp
Fixed versions: Not specified
pspp
Fixed versions: Not specified
pspp
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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