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Ubuntu 25.04: Gnuplot Severe Memory Denial of Service Flaw USN-7773-1

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A number of vulnerabilities have been addressed in Gnuplot that impact various versions of Ubuntu, encompassing serious risks associated with memory handling.
Several security issues were fixed in Gnuplot.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Gnuplot.

Software Description:

- gnuplot: Portable command-line driven graphing utility

Details:

ChenYiFan Liu discovered that Gnuplot did not correctly handle certain

memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. (CVE-2025-3359, CVE-2025-31178, CVE-2025-31179,

CVE-2025-31181)

ChenYiFan Liu discovered that Gnuplot did not correctly handle certain

memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04

LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-31176,

CVE-2025-31180)

ChenYiFan Liu discovered that Gnuplot did not correctly handle certain

memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-31177)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu memory issue gnupot

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  gnuplot                         6.0.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         6.0.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         5.4.2+dfsg2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         5.2.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         5.2.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  gnuplot                         4.6.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7773-1

CVE-2025-31176, CVE-2025-31177, CVE-2025-31178, CVE-2025-31179,

CVE-2025-31180, CVE-2025-31181, CVE-2025-3359

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7773-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu memory issue gnupot

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