CVE-2004-0548 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2004-06-11

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:aspell:0.50.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0547	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00184.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108675120224531&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-14.xml
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10497

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux

Gnu Aspell

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:25.709Z

Reserved: 2004-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0548

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0548

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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