TI-2002-02171 Aliases CVE-2002-2259 GHSA-p95c-48v5-wx94

Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before…

LOW 32CWE-119Published 2007-10-18 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00468 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux::::::::	up to 7.3	Running on	SUSE
cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:3.7:::::::*	3.7	Vulnerable	Gnuplot

cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.3 Running on ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7 Vulnerable ·Gnuplot

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-2259
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p95c-48v5-wx94

References

Advisory 1

SuSE-SA:2002:047

TI-2020-15885 gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest(). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-15549 com_line() in command.c in gnuplot 5.4 leads to an out-of-bounds-write from strncpy()… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-13799 An issue was discovered in cairo.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2018-13798 An issue was discovered in post.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2018-13797 An issue was discovered in datafile.c in Gnuplot 5.2.5. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2020-15593 gnuplot 5.5 is affected by double free when executing print_set_output. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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