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CVE-2018-19490 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/ CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnuplot gnuplot
5.2.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
15.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19490
NVD Published Date:
Nov 23, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-19490 Details - Not Deferred