CVE-1999-0409

Medium

Published: 04/03/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.71%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Buffer overflow in gnuplot in Linux version 3.5 allows local users to obtain root access.

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk as local users can gain full administrative privileges.

It is recommended to update gnuplot to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in gnuplot in Linux version 3.5 allows local users to obtain root access.