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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-25969

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CVE-2020-25969

gnuplot: buffer overflow via the function plotrequest()

Published Modified CWE 120
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 4.0gnuplot5.4.6-1.ph4
debian 11gnuplotno fix listed
debian 12gnuplotno fix listed
debian 13gnuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
debian 14gnuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
echognuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
rapidfort debian 12gnuplot0:6.0.0+dfsg1-1
rapidfort debian 13gnuplot0:6.0.0+dfsg1-1
Red Hatemacs-gnuplot, emacs-gnuplot-el, gnuplot and 4 moreno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMgnuplot4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMgnuplot5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMgnuplot5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Show all 18 entries from 12 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 4.0gnuplot5.4.6-1.ph4
debian 11gnuplotno fix listed
debian 12gnuplotno fix listed
debian 13gnuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
debian 14gnuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
echognuplot6.0.0+dfsg1-1
rapidfort debian 12gnuplot0:6.0.0+dfsg1-1
rapidfort debian 13gnuplot0:6.0.0+dfsg1-1
Red Hatemacs-gnuplotno fix listed
Red Hatemacs-gnuplot-elno fix listed
Red Hatgnuplotno fix listed
Red Hatgnuplot-commonno fix listed
Red Hatgnuplot-docno fix listed
Red Hatgnuplot-latexno fix listed
Red Hatgnuplot-minimalno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMgnuplot4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMgnuplot5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMgnuplot5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

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