CVE-2017-10791: gnu pspp Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-10791 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in gnu pspp. EPSS estimates a 1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 02-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is an Integer overflow in the hash_int function 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.

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.