VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-19490
This issue allows an attacker to conduct a heap-based buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in df_generate_ascii_array_entry.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.78% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnuplot/gnuplot · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.