CVE-2025-47816 Information disclosure in PSPP

Low 2.9 Published Updated

Attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds read in GNU PSPP via crafted documents, potentially exposing memory or causing crashes.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-47816?

CVE-2025-47816 is a low-severity vulnerability in GNU PSPP, published on 10 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 an spvxml-helpers.c spvxml_parse_attributes out-of-bounds read, related to extra content at the end of a document.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47816?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Pspp.

How do I fix CVE-2025-47816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-47816 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47816 exists.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-47816, GHSA-52xv-3j2w-p329, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47816.

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