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CVE-2026-75819

LowCVSS 1.8 / 10
Published Oct 6, 2026·Last modified Oct 21, 2026
Affected Components(2)
gnuaspell/aspell
rel-0.60.6.1
gnuaspell/aspell
rel-0.60.7-20110707
Description

GNU Aspell contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOnlyDict::load() in readonly_ws.cpp. When loading a binary .rws dictionary file, it uses offset fields from the file header as byte indices into a heap buffer without validating their bounds. An attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to run aspell with a crafted dictionary file supplied through --master, --dict-dir, or configuration options, leading to heap memory disclosure or a denial of service via application crash.

This issue was fixed in commit 941953b25031bc9104e83f58e138a664b8dedc3f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
1.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights.

Threat Intelligence
0.2

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.13%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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