CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-19491

An issue was discovered in post.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the PS_options function. This flaw is caused by a missing size check of an argument passed to the "set font" function. This issue occurs when the Gnuplot postscript terminal is used as a backend.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2094/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-11-23 05:29

Updated : 2020-09-28 08:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-19491

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19491

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer