7.8

CVE-2017-9670: gnuplot Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9670DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9670
Published 15-06-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9670 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in gnuplot. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10800-1SUSE-SU-2020:1660-1

Timeline

  1. 15-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in load_tic_series() in set.c in gnuplot 5.2.rc1 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault and Memory Corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.87% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gnuplot< 5.0.5+dfsg1-7
Gnuplot1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • gnuplot< 5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links