matplotlib buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in matplotlib and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-1424. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in matplotlib (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow vulnerability in matplotlib.This issue affects matplotlib: before upstream commit ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787.

The advisory is shared for download at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1424 since 01/26/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Patch: ba4016014cb4fb4927e36ce8ea429fed47dcb787

Timelineinfo

01/26/2013 CVE reserved
06/26/2025 +4533 days Advisory disclosed
06/26/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/30/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-1424 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1424
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314052

Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2025 22:36
Updated: 06/30/2025 23:00
Changes: 06/26/2025 22:36 (53), 06/30/2025 23:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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