CVE-2025-31180 Gnuplot: gnuplot segmentation fault on canvas_text
Medium 6.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31180 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-31180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, published on 27 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31180/index.md)
A segmentation fault in Gnuplot's canvas_text function allows attackers to cause a system crash via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-31180?
CVE-2025-31180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, published on 27 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in gnuplot. The CANVAS_text() function may lead to a segmentation fault and cause a system crash.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31180?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnuplot Gnuplot.
How do I fix CVE-2025-31180?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-31180 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Sources
Also known as AZL-110394, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31180, GHSA-85vr-qp4r-xf3g, JLSEC-2026-358, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31180.