CVE-2026-75820

aspell: aspell: Denial of Service via integer truncation in wordlist processing

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 6, 2026

Updated · October 7, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in aspell. An integer truncation issue in the personal wordlist processing logic causes word lengths that are multiples of 256 bytes to be stored incorrectly, leading to heap memory corruption. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to run aspell with a crafted wordlist, resulting in an application crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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