CVE-2002-2259
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows...
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.
- Record
CVE-2002-2259- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.
- Record
CVE-2002-2259- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-2238 No score
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2002-2238- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p95c-48v5-wx94 No score
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows...
Buffer overflow in the French documentation patch for Gnuplot 3.7 in SuSE Linux before 8.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via unknown attack vectors.
- Record
GHSA-p95c-48v5-wx94- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-2259 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Gnuplot, published December 31, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.