CVE - CVE-2018-19491

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-19491	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2094/ MISC:https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/ MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20181125 [SECURITY] [DLA 1595-1] gnuplot5 security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20181126 [SECURITY] [DLA 1597-1] gnuplot security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1216 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html UBUNTU:USN-4541-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181123	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181123)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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