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CVE-2017-10792

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 02, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10792
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PsppGnu0.10.5-pre2 (including)0.10.5-pre2 (including)
PsppUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
PsppUbuntutrusty*
PsppUbuntuupstream*
PsppUbuntuxenial*
PsppUbuntuyakkety*
PsppUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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