CVE-2018-19490
Published: 23 November 2018
An issue was discovered in datafile.c in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a heap-based buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in df_generate_ascii_array_entry. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must pass an overlong string as the right bound of the range argument that is passed to the plot function.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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gnuplot Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Needed
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
|
|
|
gnuplot5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|