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CVE-2018-19490
Published: Nov 23, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/
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[debian-lts-announce] 20181126 [SECURITY] [DLA 1597-1] gnuplot security update
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openSUSE-SU-2019:1216
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