CVE-2018-19490
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-11-23 17:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 11:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-11-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 721ee868c66dec4fded1b9c7ce516467d5e019106bdcc5daf4d6735ac4e97066
05 Affected products
06 References
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181126 [SECURITY] [DLA 1597-1] gnuplot security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181125 [SECURITY] [DLA 1595-1] gnuplot5 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1216http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4541-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnuplot Fixed in 5.4.0+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnuplot Fixed in 5.4.0+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnuplot Fixed in 5.4.0+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- gnuplot Fixed in 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1
- gnuplot5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- gnuplot Fixed in 4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- gnuplot Fixed in 5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.