CVE-2025-5898

NameCVE-2025-5898
DescriptionA vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1107818

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pspp (PTS)bullseye1.4.1-1vulnerable
bookworm1.6.2-2vulnerable
trixie, sid2.0.1-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
psppsource(unstable)(unfixed)1107818

Notes

[bookworm] - pspp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - pspp <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?67071

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