CVE-2013-1424

Publication date 26 June 2025

Last updated 2 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability in matplotlib.This issue affects matplotlib: before upstream commit ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Matplotlib incorrectly handled format strings and values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or other unspecified impact.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
matplotlib	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.3.1-1ubuntu5.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.6 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L