CVE catalog
CVE-2018-20230
pspp: CVE-2018-20230
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.81% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pspp | sid | 2.1.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pspp | forky | 2.1.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pspp | trixie | 2.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pspp | bookworm | 1.6.2-2 | fixed |
| Suse | pspp | package hub 15 | 1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | spread-sheet-widget | package hub 15 | 0.3-bp150.2.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pspp | 16.04 | 0.8.5-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pspp | 16.04 | 0.8.5-4build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pspp | 16.04 | 0.8.5-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pspp | 16.04 | 0.8.5-5build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pspp | 18.04 | 1.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pspp | source | sid | 1.2.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [916902] |
| Debian | pspp | source | forky | 1.2.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [916902] |
| Debian | pspp | source | trixie | 1.2.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [916902] |
| Debian | pspp | source | bookworm | 1.2.0-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [916902] |
| Suse | pspp | rpm | package hub 15 | 1.2.0-bp150.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | spread-sheet-widget | rpm | package hub 15 | 0.3-bp150.2.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pspp]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.2-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-3dsa · pspp · debian · bookworm; dsa · pspp · debian · 12
1.6.2-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-3dsa · pspp · debian · bookworm; dsa · pspp · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2019_0198-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20230]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20230]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:0240-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20230]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]