VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-25969
gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest().
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest().
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- gnuplot/gnuplot
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2311/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2311/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.