CVE-2017-12960

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_rename_var() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-617

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482433Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482433Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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