UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17544
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544
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Published
2019-10-14T02:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T12:13:55.733781Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*
0.60.7~20110707-1build1
0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.60.7~20110707-3
0.60.7~20110707-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.60.7~20110707-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17544.json"