Is CVE-2004-0548 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2004-0548 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2004-0548?

CVE-2004-0548 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2004-0548?

CVE-2004-0548 has an EPSS score of 0.92% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0548?

Upgrade aspell on debian 11 to 0.50.5-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-0548

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the word-list-compress functionality in compress.c for Aspell allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in the wordlist that is not properly handled when using the (1) "c" compress option or (2) "d" decompress option.

How to fix

Remediation Available

aspellDebian

Fixed in:0.50.5-3CVE-2004-0548

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

gentoo.org

Other references3

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