UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20433

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20433
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20433.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20433
Upstream
Published
2020-01-27T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:09Z
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 - low
Summary
[none]
Details

libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a buffer over-read for a string ending with a single '\0' byte, if the encoding is set to ucs-2 or ucs-4 outside of the application, as demonstrated by the ASPELL_CONF environment variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.60.7~20110707-1build1
0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1
0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1
0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libaspell-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libpspell-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.60.7~20110707-3
0.60.7~20110707-3build1
0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libaspell-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libpspell-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / aspell

Package

Name
aspell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/aspell@0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.60.7~20110707-4
0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "aspell"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libaspell-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libaspell15"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libpspell-dev"
        }
    ]
}