| Name | CVE-2025-31179 |
| Description | A flaw was found in gnuplot. The xstrftime() function may lead to a segmentation fault, causing a system crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnuplot (PTS) | bullseye | 5.4.1+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.4.4+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 6.0.2+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 6.0.3+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnuplot | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355340
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2779/
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/ed647df512786b3c94429dd5c864715301e03ea5/
No security impact, gnuplot can execute arbitrary commands and need to
come from a trusted source, see README.Debian.security (added in 5.2.6).