7.5

CVE-2017-12960: gnu pspp Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12960DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12960
Published 18-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12960 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in gnu pspp. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function dict_rename_var() in data/dictionary.c of the libpspp library in GNU PSPP before 1.0.1 that will lead to remote denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pspp< 1.0.1-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • psppAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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