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CVE-2020-25969

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-25969 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in gnuplot version 5.5, specifically within the plotrequest() function. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnuplot
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnuplot

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-25969Moderate

gnuplot: buffer overflow via the function plotrequest()

Jul 18, 2023

References

sourceforge.net / p/gnuplot/bugs/2311
ExploitThird Party Advisory