7.2

CVE-2004-0548: gentoo linux

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0548
Published 11-06-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0548 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in gentoo linux. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in the wordlist that is not properly handled when using the (1) "c" compress option or (2) "d" decompress option.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.92% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Aspell (word-list-compress) - Command Line Stack Overflow

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • aspell< 0.50.5-3
Gentoo1 product
Gnu1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links