CVE-2018-19490
gnuplot - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-19490
To remediate CVE-2018-19490, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.6.6-2+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.0.0~rc+dfsg2-1+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-19490 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.4.0+dfsg1-1
- from 0, < 4.6.6-2+deb8u1
- from 0, < 5.0.0~rc+dfsg2-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |