There is an illegal address access in the function output_hex() in data/data-out.c of the…
Priority LOW 35CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
There is an illegal address access in the function output_hex() in data/data-out.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01262 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12958
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2gq9-rqpm-h5mw
References
More GNU Pspp vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-30268 Heap-based buffer overflow in GNU PSPP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30267 Heap-based buffer overflow in GNU PSPP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30269 Out-of-bounds read in GNU PSPP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-30546 Out-of-bounds read in GNU PSPP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-29793 Reachable assertion in GNU PSPP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-04483 GNU PSPP pspp-convert.c calloc integer overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-12958 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12958 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2gq9-rqpm-h5mw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-12958 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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