Heap overwrite via unbounded ZIP member read
Published May 10, 2025 · Updated May 13, 2025
Heap-based buffer overflow in GNU PSPP 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to crash pspp-output via a crafted SPV file. During XML-member extraction, inflate_read passes a crafted read length to fread without bounding it to the heap buffer allocated by inflate_init. Local invocation of pspp-output is required, and the demonstrated out-of-bounds write affects process integrity and availability.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflow in GNU PSPP 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to crash pspp-output via a crafted SPV file. During XML-member extraction, inflate_read passes a crafted read length to fread without bounding it to the heap buffer allocated by inflate_init. Local invocation of pspp-output is required, and the demonstrated out-of-bounds write affects process integrity and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-47814
- Published
- May 10, 2025
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
- Vendor
- The GnuPG Project
- Product
- PSPP
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-122, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.0.1
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Public exploit references
- PSPP Output Directory Processing proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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