Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Gnuplot - CVE-2017-9670
Published: June 15, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38854
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9670
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnuplot
Affected software:
Gnuplot
Gnuplot
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9670
Install update from vendor's website.