CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-25969

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

Description

gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest().

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

gnuplotDebian

Fixed in:6.0.0+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-25969

Fixed in:6.0.0+dfsg1-1CVE-2020-25969

gnuplotUbuntu

Fixed in:4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

gnuplot-dataUbuntu

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

gnuplot-noxUbuntu

Fixed in:4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

gnuplot-qtUbuntu

Fixed in:4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

gnuplot-texUbuntu

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

gnuplot-x11Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7589-1

Fixed in:5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7589-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

sourceforge.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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