CVE-2018-19492
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-19492
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-11-23T17:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-09-28T20:15:12
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/ | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2089/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19492 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19492 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:12:22 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 14:38:24 | 2018-11-23T17:29Z | 2018-11-23T17:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 14:38:24 | 2020-09-28T20:15:12 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 14:38:24 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |