CVE-2025-48188Public exploit

Process crash via incorrect decryption length

Published May 16, 2025 · Updated May 17, 2025

Out-of-bounds read in GNU PSPP 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to crash pspp-convert with a crafted encrypted data file. In data/encrypted-file.c, fill_buffer makes an incorrect call to Gnulib's rijndaelDecrypt, which reads past a heap buffer while decrypting attacker-controlled file content. The command-line converter must process the crafted local file, and the documented consequence is a process crash rather than code execution or data modification.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds read in GNU PSPP 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to crash pspp-convert with a crafted encrypted data file. In data/encrypted-file.c, fill_buffer makes an incorrect call to Gnulib's rijndaelDecrypt, which reads past a heap buffer while decrypting attacker-controlled file content. The command-line converter must process the crafted local file, and the documented consequence is a process crash rather than code execution or data modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48188
Published
May 16, 2025
Updated
May 17, 2025
Vendor
The GnuPG Project
Product
PSPP
Classifications
CWE-125
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=2.0.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

The GnuPG Project · PSPPversion=0 <=2.0.1

Published CVSS scores

2.9MITRECVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

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