CVE-2026-75818 (GCVE-0-2026-75818)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 10:57 – Updated: 2026-10-06 12:50 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap Buffer Overflow in GNU Aspell's prezip utility
Summary
GNU Aspell prezip-bin contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the decompressor in prog/prezip.c. The decompressor does not properly check buffer space, so a crafted compressed file can cause out-of-bounds read and write operations on the heap. An attacker who convinces a user to process a malicious compressed file with prezip-bin can trigger memory corruption, leading to a processs crash.
This issue was fixed in commit 15b188437f9e0192d4ac4472ad66a4e2f62a782f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-06 12:50 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based buffer overflow
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/10/CVE-2026-75818 | third-party-advisory |
| http://aspell.net/ | product |
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