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TI-2018-14337 Aliases CVE-2018-20230GHSA-8jjx-c624-8pjg

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0.

Priority LOW 36CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0. 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00811 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20230
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8jjx-c624-8pjg

References

Exploit 1

  • 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
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Sources

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