Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting gnuplot package, versions <5.0.5+dfsg1-7
Threat Intelligence
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- published15 Jun 2017
- disclosed15 Jun 2017
Introduced: 15 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-9670 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 gnuplot to version 5.0.5+dfsg1-7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnuplot package and not the gnuplot package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in load_tic_series() in set.c in gnuplot 5.2.rc1 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault and Memory Corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.