What is CVE-2025-31180?

CVE-2025-31180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnuplot, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-31180?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Gnuplot

CVE-2025-31180

A flaw was found in gnuplot. The CANVAS_text() function may lead to a segmentation fault and cause a system crash.

Published 2025-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-26.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gnuplot
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31180 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)
sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2755/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-31180?: CVE-2025-31180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnuplot, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-31180?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.