Pspp
CVE-2017-10792
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.47%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. For example, a crash was observed within the library code when attempting to convert invalid SPSS data into CSV format. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Affected products include: Gnu Pspp. Version information: before 0.11.0..
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
There is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function ll_insert() of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. For example, a crash was observed within the library code when attempting to convert invalid SPSS data into CSV format. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required,
An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required,
An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.2.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required,
There is an Integer overflow in the hash_int function of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 0.11.0. Rated medium sev
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function write_long_string_missing_values() in data/sys-file-writer.c in lib
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow in inflate_read (called
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow in inflate_read (called
There is an assertion abort in the function parse_attributes() in data/sys-file-reader.c of the libpspp library in GNU P
There is an illegal address access in the function output_hex() in data/data-out.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP be
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_rename_var() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GN
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_add_mrset() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause an spvxml-helpers.c spvxml_parse_attributes out-of-bo
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