CVE-2018-19492
Publication date 23 November 2018
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
An issue was discovered in cairo.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the cairotrm_options function. This flaw is caused by a missing size check of an argument passed to the "set font" function. This issue occurs when the Gnuplot pngcairo terminal is used as a backend.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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gnuplot | 24.10 oracular |
Vulnerable
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24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
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20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
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gnuplot5 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 · High |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4541-1
- Gnuplot vulnerabilities
- 25 September 2020