CVE-2018-19490
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.4.0+dfsg1-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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