CVE-2025-47229 Denial of service in PSPP
Attackers can cause a denial of service in GNU PSPP via crafted input data triggering an assertion failure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-47229?
CVE-2025-47229 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in GNU PSPP, published on 3 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libpspp-core.a in GNU PSPP through 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (var_set_leave_quiet assertion failure and application exit) via crafted input data, such as data that triggers a call from src/data/dictionary.c code into src/data/variable.c code.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Pspp.
How do I fix CVE-2025-47229?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-47229 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47229 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in GNU PSPP
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47229, GHSA-qwvr-9jqm-vrq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47229.