CVE-2020-25969 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Gnuplot

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GnuplotDebian Gnuplot
Timeline
PublishedJul 5
Latest updateJun 23

Description

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

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/gnuplot5.5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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GHSA
GHSA-8536-57cw-wqg3: gnuplot v5↗2023-07-05
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OSV
CVE-2020-25969: gnuplot v5↗2023-07-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Gnuplot vulnerabilities↗2025-06-23
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Red Hat
gnuplot: buffer overflow via the function plotrequest()↗2023-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2020-25969: gnuplot - gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotre...↗2020
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