Name: CVE-2020-25969: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-25969, CWE-120, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01021

gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest().

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution existsUpgrade gnuplot	May 15, 2025	Jul 5, 2023
Suse	—	Upgrade gnuplot	Aug 9, 2024	Jul 5, 2023
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade gnuplot-x11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gnuplot-nox (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gnuplot-data (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gnuplot-tex (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gnuplot-qt (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gnuplot (Ubuntu Pro)	Jun 26, 2025	Jul 5, 2023
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Jul 5, 2023

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CVSS Details

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