Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU46917

#VU46917 Double Free in Gnuplot - CVE-2020-25559

Published: September 16, 2020 / Updated: September 22, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46917

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-25559

CWE-ID: CWE-415

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Gnuplot

Software vendor:
Gnuplot

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

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