PT-2020-16110 · Gnu+5 · Gnuplot+5

Lxumei · CVE-2020-25559 · Published 2020-09-16 · Updated 2025-08-14

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gnuplot version 5.5

Description The issue is related to a double free error when executing the function to set output. This error may lead to arbitrary code execution, depending on the context in which it is exploited.

Recommendations For gnuplot version 5.5, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3260

CVE-2020-25559

MGASA-2021-0127

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0345-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0345-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10800-1

SUSE-SU-2021:0549-1

SUSE-SU-2021_0549-1

USN-7589-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Gnuplot

References · 31

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2312 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25559 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7589-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0127.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25969 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:0549-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0345-1 · Vendor Advisory