CVE-2026-75819
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 1.8
GNU Aspell contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOnlyDict::load() in readonly_ws.cpp. When loading a binary .rws dictionary file, it uses offset fields from the file header as byte indices into a heap buffer without validating their bounds. An attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to run aspell with a crafted dictionary file supplied through --master, --dict-dir, or configuration options, leading to heap memory disclosure or a denial of service via application crash. This issue was fixed in commit 941953b25031bc9104e83f58e138a664b8dedc3f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.
Products: gnu aspell
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | aspell | 12:0.60.6.1-22.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | aspell-devel | 12:0.60.6.1-22.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | aspell | 12:0.60.8-7.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | aspell-devel | 12:0.60.8-7.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Debian 12 | aspell | no fix |
| Debian 13 | aspell | no fix |
| Debian 14 | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | aspell | no fix |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | aspell | 0.60.8.2-2.1 |