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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0548

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.

Products
aspell
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.50.5-3
CVEs
CVE-2004-0548
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0548

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Aug 2004, 04:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0548

aspell

Fixed versions: 0.50.5-3

aspell

Fixed versions: 0.50.5-3

aspell

Fixed versions: 0.50.5-3

Complete source record
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