Vulnerability identifier: #VU55502
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Aspell
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). A remote attacker can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
Aspell: 0.60 - 0.60.8
External links
http://github.com/gnuaspell/aspell/commit/0718b375425aad8e54e1150313b862e4c6fd324a
http://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=18462
http://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/aspell/OSV-2020-521.yaml
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H7E4EI7F6TVN7K6XWU6HSANMCOKKEREE/
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.