CVE-2025-5899 | THREATINT

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected by this vulnerability is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to free of memory not on the heap. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

In GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb wurde eine kritische Schwachstelle entdeckt. Das betrifft die Funktion parse_variables_option der Datei utilities/pspp-convert.c. Durch Manipulieren mit unbekannten Daten kann eine free of memory not on the heap-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff muss lokal angegangen werden. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Reserved 2025-06-09 | Published 2025-06-09 | Updated 2025-06-09 | Assigner VulDB

MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Free of Memory not on the Heap

Product status

82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb

affected

Timeline

2025-06-09:	Advisory disclosed
2025-06-09:	VulDB entry created
2025-06-09:	VulDB entry last update

References

vuldb.com/?id.311671 (VDB-311671 | GNU PSPP pspp-convert.c parse_variables_option free of memory not on the heap) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.311671 (VDB-311671 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.586106 (Submit #586106 | GNU libpspp pspp-convert master in Git Repository[commit:82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb] Denial of Service) third-party-advisory

savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?67072 related

drive.google.com/...VTcc2FzdawYxBJWGujwqy7o/view?usp=sharing exploit

www.gnu.org/ product

cve.org (CVE-2025-5899)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-5899)

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