CVE-2025-31178

Publication date 27 March 2025

Last updated 25 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A flaw was found in gnuplot. The GetAnnotateString() function may lead to a segmentation fault and cause a system crash.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnuplot	25.10 questing	Vulnerable, work in progress
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 6.0.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was deferred [2025-06-19]
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 6.0.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu3+esm1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 5.4.2+dfsg2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm2

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Notes

bruce-cable

As of 2025-06-13 no patch available

john-breton

As of 2025-06-19, no patch exists

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.2 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7773-1
Gnuplot vulnerabilities
25 September 2025