CVE-2025-31177 (GCVE-0-2025-31177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-07 20:55 – Updated: 2026-06-25 23:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Gnuplot: gnuplot heap-buffer overflow on utf8_copy_one
Summary
gnuplot is affected by a heap buffer overflow at function utf8_copy_one.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-08 14:49 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31177 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355342 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2756/ |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0 , < 6.0
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
|
Date Public
2025-03-27 00:00
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