CVE-2017-12960

Published: Aug 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Pspp

Gnu

1 product

Pspp

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Pspp	Version 0.11.0

Related CWEs

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482433

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482433

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8936

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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