USN-4541-1: gnuplot Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-4541-1 is a vulnerability in gnuplot Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 25-09-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 27-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

gnuplot vulnerabilities Tim Blazytko, Cornelius Aschermann, Sergej Schumilo and Nils Bars discovered that Gnuplot did not properly validate string sizes in the df_generate_ascii_array_entry function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service attack or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-19490) Tim Blazytko, Cornelius Aschermann, Sergej Schumilo and Nils Bars discovered that Gnuplot did not properly validate string sizes in the PS_options function when the Gnuplot postscript terminal is used as a backend. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service attack or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-19491) Tim Blazytko, Cornelius Aschermann, Sergej Schumilo and Nils Bars discovered that Gnuplot did not properly validate string sizes in the cairotrm_options function when the Gnuplot postscript terminal is used as a backend. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service attack or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-19492)

No weakness data has been published for this record.