CVE-2026-103658

Public on 2026-10-12
Modified on 2026-10-15
Description
A flaw was found in Aspell. An attacker could achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by convincing a user to process a specially crafted dictionary file. This issue occurs due to an integer calculation error during buffer capacity checks in the read-only dictionary loader, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 aspell-en Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H