CVE-2020-25412 — Out-of-bounds Write in Gnuplot

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GnuplotDebian Gnuplot
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateJun 23

Description

com_line() in command.c in gnuplot 5.4 leads to an out-of-bounds-write from strncpy() that may lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/gnuplot< gnuplot 6.0.0+dfsg1-1 (forky)
▶Debiangnuplot/gnuplot< 6.0.0+dfsg1-1+1
▶Ubuntugnuplot/gnuplot< 4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1+3
▶NVDgnuplot/gnuplot5.4.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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GHSA
GHSA-fw2x-mx3p-5gr5: gnuplot 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-25412: com_line() in command↗2020-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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Red Hat
gnuplot: out-of-bounds-write from strncpy() may lead to arbitrary code execution↗2020-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2020-25412: gnuplot - com_line() in command.c in gnuplot 5.4 leads to an out-of-bounds-write from strn...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25412 gnuplot: segmentation fault in com_line () at command.c may lead to arbitrary code execution [fedora-all]↗2020-09-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25412 gnuplot: out-of-bounds-write from strncpy() may lead to arbitrary code execution↗2020-09-24
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CVE-2020-25412 — Out-of-bounds Write in Debian Gnuplot | cvebase