Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-39831
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the pspp package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | pspp | 1.6.2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Debian:13 | pspp | 1.6.2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Debian:14 | pspp | 1.6.2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pspp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62977 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2022-629b1e8b81 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-ad61bb0c42 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA