Cloud Vulnerability DB
An open project to list all known cloud vulnerabilities and Cloud Service Provider security issues
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-5899
CVE-2025-5899:
Linux Debian vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A critical vulnerability was discovered in GNU PSPP (commit 82fb509fb2fedd33e7ac0c46ca99e108bb3bdffb) affecting the parsevariablesoption function in utilities/pspp-convert.c. The vulnerability involves improper memory management leading to free of memory not on the heap. The issue requires local access to exploit and has been publicly disclosed (VulDB, GNU Bug).
Technical details
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-5899 and has received multiple severity ratings. According to CVSS 4.0, it has a score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P. Under CVSS 3.1, it scores 5.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-590 (Free of Memory not on the Heap) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to memory corruption issues when the parsevariablesoption function is called. This could potentially result in program crashes or unpredictable behavior in the GNU PSPP application (VulDB).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
“Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads.”
David EstlickCISO
“Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments.”
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
“We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is.”
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management