CVE catalog
CVE-2020-25969
gnuplot: CVE-2020-25969
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.02% · Oct 25, 2026
gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest().
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnuplot | sid | 6.0.3+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuplot | forky | 6.0.3+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuplot | trixie | 6.0.2+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuplot | bookworm | 5.4.4+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | pro | 5.2.6+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | pro | 5.2.7+dfsg1-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | pro | 5.2.8+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | pro | 5.2.8+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | pro | 5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Suse | gnuplot | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 4.6.5-3.6.1 | fixed |
| Suse | gnuplot | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 4.6.5-3.6.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnuplot | source | sid | 6.0.0+dfsg1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuplot | source | forky | 6.0.0+dfsg1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuplot | source | trixie | 6.0.0+dfsg1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuplot | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gnuplot | deb | pro | 5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25969 | Not reported |
| Suse | gnuplot | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 4.6.5-3.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3091-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | gnuplot | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 4.6.5-3.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3091-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gnuplot]Affected
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
- [gnuplot-data]Affected
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
- [gnuplot-doc]Affected
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
- [gnuplot-nox]Affected
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
- [gnuplot-qt]Affected
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
- [gnuplot-x11]Affected
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
5.4.4+dfsg1-2+b2· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnuplot · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuplot · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gnuplot]Fixed
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
- [gnuplot-data]Fixed
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
- [gnuplot-doc]Fixed
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
- [gnuplot-nox]Fixed
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
- [gnuplot-qt]Fixed
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
- [gnuplot-x11]Fixed
Source package: [gnuplot]
Details (2)
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
6.0.2+dfsg1-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.0.0+dfsg1-1dsa · gnuplot · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_3091-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25969]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3091-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25969]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25969]
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