Vulnerability · Published May 16, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-48188
Low 2.9
In plain English
A low-severity out-of-bounds read in PSPP from GNU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.9Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 has an incorrect call from fill_buffer (in data/encrypted-file.c) to the Gnulib rijndaelDecrypt function, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | pspp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Debian:13 | pspp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Debian:14 | pspp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L