6.5

CVE-2017-10792: gnu pspp NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-10792DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10792
Published 02-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-10792 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu pspp. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11199-1

Timeline

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

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pspp< 1.0.0-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • psppAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links