6.2

CVE-2025-31179: gnuplot NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.2v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-31179DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31179
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 25-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-31179 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnuplot. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
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 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15134-1SUSE-SU-2025:01805-1SUSE-SU-2025:01811-1SUSE-SU-2025:01811-2USN-7773-1

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in gnuplot. The xstrftime() function may lead to a segmentation fault, causing a system crash.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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
  • gnuplotAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnuplot1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • gnuplot< 4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 | < 5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm2 | < 5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 5.4.2+dfsg2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 6.0.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu3+esm1 | < 6.0.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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