DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19491

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19491

    Published: 23 Nov 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19491

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in post.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the PS_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 postscript terminal is used as a backend.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19491

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnuplot

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnuplot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.4.0+dfsg1-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High