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CVE-2018-19490

CVE-2018-19490 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

EPSS 1.77% · 77.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.77%
77.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSgnuplot4.6.6-3, 0, 4.6.6-2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSgnuplot55.0.2+dfsg1-2, 0, 5.0.1+dfsg1-3
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSgnuplot0, 4.6.3-2, 4.6.4-1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSgnuplot0, 5.0.7+dfsg1-1, 5.2.2+dfsg1-2

Timeline

  • Nov 23, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 7, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 18, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2023 EPSS Score

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