CVE-2017-12961 describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU PSPP versions prior to 1.0.1. Specifically, an assertion abort in the parse_attributes() function within the libpspp library can be triggered. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:pspp:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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