# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 May 2025
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47229, GHSA-qwvr-9jqm-vrq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47229

## 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 (Reachable Assertion)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47229?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gnu Pspp.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-47229?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2018-20230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20230/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-12958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12958/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-12959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12959/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-12960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12960/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-12961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12961/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-47229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47229 exists.

Affected product: GNU PSPP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.