Segmentation Fault in GNUPlot Affects Red Hat Products
CVE-2025-3359

6.2MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 April 2025

Summary

A critical flaw has been identified in GNUPlot that can lead to a segmentation fault through the IO_str_init_static_internal function. This vulnerability could have significant implications for the stable operation of the affected environments, as it may potentially allow for environment instability and unforeseen behavior during execution.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3359
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357749
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.2
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank ChenYiFan Liu for reporting this issue.
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