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.
Published: 2018-11-23
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1595-1 gnuplot5 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1597-1 gnuplot security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11181 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4541-1 Gnuplot vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7589-1 Gnuplot vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Gnuplot Gnuplot
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.491Z

Reserved: 2018-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19492

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-23T17:29:00.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:58:01.027

Link: CVE-2018-19492

cve-icon Redhat

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Publid Date: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19492 - Bugzilla

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