CVE-2025-31178

FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-31178 describes a flaw in gnuplot, specifically within the GetAnnotateString() function, which can lead to a segmentation fault and system crash. This vulnerability, rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.2, is a local attack requiring no user interaction, but its impact is limited to system availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:gnuplot:gnuplot::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.5

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.18%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

8.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-31178Moderate

gnuplot: gnuplot segmentation fault on GetAnnotateString

Mar 27, 2025

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2025-31178

Vendor Advisory

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue Tracking

sourceforge.net / p/gnuplot/bugs/2754