CVE-2020-25559 — Double Free in Gnuplot

CWE-415 — Double Free9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GnuplotDebian Gnuplot
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateJun 23

Description

gnuplot 5.5 is affected by double free when executing print_set_output. This may result in context-dependent arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | 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/gnuplot5.5.0

Patches

Patch: sourceforge.net ↗Patch: sourceforge.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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GHSA
GHSA-v6mq-89c8-6ff4: gnuplot 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-25559: gnuplot 5↗2020-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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Red Hat
gnuplot: double free when executing print_set_output may lead to arbitrary code execution↗2020-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2020-25559: gnuplot - gnuplot 5.5 is affected by double free when executing print_set_output. This may...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25559 gnuplot: double free when executing print_set_output may lead to arbitrary code execution↗2020-09-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25559 gnuplot: double free when executing print_set_output may lead to arbitrary code execution [fedora-all]↗2020-09-24
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CVE-2020-25559 — Double Free in Debian Gnuplot | cvebase