Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5898
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb.
Published Jun 9, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · GNU PSPP
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5898. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of GNU PSPP is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.17%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- Debian:12 pspp · Debian:13 pspp · Debian:14 pspp · vendor GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Are you affected?
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- Debian:12 pspp1.6.2-2, 2.0.0-1, 2.0.0-2
- Debian:13 pspp2.0.1-1, 2.1.0-1, 2.1.1-1
- Debian:14 pspp2.0.1-1, 2.1.0-1, 2.1.1-1
- vendor GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb
How to fix CVE-2025-5898
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5898. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of GNU PSPP is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 9, 2025 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner
Detected
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Oct 15, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner
Updated
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5898
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5898
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17587
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU PSPP 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb. Affected is the function parse_variables_option of the file utilities/pspp-convert.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be approached local
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - OpenSSF OSV / OSV ScannerPackage advisoryDEBIAN-CVE-2025-5898osv.dev
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.