{
    "id": "CVE-2019-17544",
    "published": "2019-10-14 02:15:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:24:07",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-125",
    "description": "libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \\ character.",
    "epss_score": "0.03259",
    "epss_percentile": "0.88050",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:20",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "aspell"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109",
        "https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e",
        "https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948",
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16109",
        "https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/80fa26c74279fced8d778351cff19d1d8f44fe4e",
        "https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/compare/rel-0.60.7...rel-0.60.8",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00027.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00021.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-2/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4948"
    ]
}