5.5

CVE-2025-48188: gnu pspp Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-48188DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48188
Published 16-05-2025Last modified 17-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-48188 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu pspp. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 16-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 has an incorrect call from fill_buffer (in data/encrypted-file.c) to the Gnulib rijndaelDecrypt function, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (savannah.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • psppAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • psppAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links