SB2017061524 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Gnuplot
Published: June 15, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017061524
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9670)
CWE-ID: CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
CVSSv4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.