# CVE-2019-16707: Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/butterflyhack/hunspell-crash
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UD4AJ4M74VT3I6L37E4P5DNYZYBZIOVM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNTSVWI4SWBQL6XMXNGEH7EAQ45WN63G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2YOYFI36IWKABNGFTWXCH7TTGAFODH6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24NTBHK2QNYKSBMJI34WEU5MHS3H2FAI/

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