CVE-2025-5898
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
References
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZigqDFZQn5YUWFLu1V2juDGWQgbJFAtX/view?usp=sharing
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?67071
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311670
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311670
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.586105
- https://www.gnu.org/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5898.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5898
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.