Bug 2366940 (CVE-2025-48188)

Summary: CVE-2025-48188 pspp: Heap Buffer Over-Read in PSPP rijndaelDecrypt Function
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A flaw was found in GNU PSPP's libpspp-core.a component. This vulnerability can allow a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted encrypted file when the rijndaelDecrypt function is incorrectly called by fill_buffer in encrypted-file.c. This can lead to memory disclosure or an application crash.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-16 21:01:14 UTC
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 has an incorrect call from fill_buffer (in data/encrypted-file.c) to the Gnulib rijndaelDecrypt function, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.