Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting gnuplot package, versions <5.0.5+dfsg1-7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GNUPLOT-279867
  • published15 Jun 2017
  • disclosed15 Jun 2017

Introduced: 15 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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.