CVE-2018-19492

High

Description

An issue was discovered in cairo.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the cairotrm_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 pngcairo terminal is used as a backend.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGnuplot
PublishedNov 23, 2018
First seenNov 23, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnuplot gnuplot5.2.5—
debian debian_linux8.0—
opensuse leap15.0—

Check your version

Choose the product and enter the version you run to see whether it falls in the affected range.

In the Intelligence 360 plan

Attack Surface Management

See the assets tied to your domains, the technologies they run and known vulnerabilities in one list.