Which versions of GNU PSPP are affected by CVE-2025-5898?

Organizations using A vulnerability classified as critical should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-5898, a buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 5.3.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-5898?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

GNU PSPP CVE-2025-5898

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-5898?

CVE-2025-5898 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 1.9 (Low). CVSS vector: CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

EUVD-2025-17587 LOW

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2025-06-09 cna@vuldb.com

Buffer Overflow

1.9

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

1.9 LOW

CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Ubuntu

MEDIUM

qualitative

SUSE

4.3 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Severity Changed

Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD

MEDIUM LOW

CVSS changed

Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD

5.3 (MEDIUM) 1.9 (LOW)

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 14, 2026 - 19:21 euvd

EUVD-2025-17587

Analysis Generated

Mar 14, 2026 - 19:21 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jun 09, 2025 - 22:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Analysis

Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow

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7.8

Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Priority: Medium

pspp

Release	Status	Version
xenial	needs-triage	-
bionic	needs-triage	-
jammy	needs-triage	-
noble	needs-triage	-
plucky	ignored	end of life, was needs-triage
upstream	needs-triage	-
oracular	ignored	end of life, was needs-triage
questing	needs-triage	-

Debian

Bug #1107818

pspp

Release	Status	Fixed Version	Urgency
bullseye	vulnerable	1.4.1-1	-
bookworm	vulnerable	1.6.2-2	-
trixie	vulnerable	2.0.1-1	-
forky, sid	vulnerable	2.1.1-1	-
(unstable)	fixed	(unfixed)	-

SUSE

Severity: Medium

CVE-2025-5898 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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GNU PSPP CVE-2025-5898

Severity by source

CVSS VectorNVD

Lifecycle Timeline

DescriptionCVE.org

Analysis

Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow

Same technique Buffer Overflow

Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Debian

SUSE

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