LOWpublic-safe

CVE-2026-75820

NVD: GNU Aspell contains an integer truncation vulnerability in the WritableDict::add() function in modules/speller/default/writable.cpp. NVD: When loading a personal wordlist, the word length is stored as a single byte, causing truncation for words whose length is a multiple of 256. NVD: This leads to heap corruption.

CVSS
1.8 Severity
LOW EPSS
0.0013 (2) KEV
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Source-published summary

Possible impact

Source describes service availability risk. Possible impact: The affected service may become unavailable or unreliable.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: commit.

Why it matters

Source describes service availability risk. Possible impact: The affected service may become unavailable or unreliable.; CVSS 1.8 (LOW); EPSS percentile 2; not listed in KEV; Patch confirmed by source text; fixed version context: commit; sources: NVD, OSV.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

exposure unknown

Impact tags

service availability review

Urgency reasons

vendor advisory presentrecent update

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD / OSV description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used: True
fallback summary used: False
unsafe procedural detail present: false
raw source displayed: false
public summary redacted: true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Handoff JSON Handoff Markdown Safe Codex prompt

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.