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 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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/	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/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Configuration 3 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-11-23 09:29

Updated : 2020-09-28 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-19490

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19490

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

gnuplot

gnuplot

opensuse

leap

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