CVE - CVE-2018-19490

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-19490	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 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.
References
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MISC:https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/ 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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