| Name | CVE-2019-16707 |
| Description | Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 941185 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hunspell (PTS) | jessie | 1.3.3-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.4.1-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.7.0-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.7.0-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.7.1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.7.2+really1.7.2-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hunspell | source | (unstable) | 1.7.0-3 | unimportant | | 941185 |
Notes
Negligible security impact
https://github.com/butterflyhack/hunspell-crash
https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/issues/624