Bug 1462135 – CVE-2017-9670 gnuplot: Uninitialized stack variable in load_tic_series()

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Bug 1462135 - (CVE-2017-9670) CVE-2017-9670 gnuplot: Uninitialized stack variable in load_tic_series()

Summary:	CVE-2017-9670 gnuplot: Uninitialized stack variable in load_tic_series()

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-9670

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2017-06-16 05:49 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-06-16 05:50 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Adam Mariš 2017-06-16 05:49:33 EDT

An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in load_tic_series() in set.c in gnuplot 5.2.rc1 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault and Memory Corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1933/

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