CVE-2014-0978 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Graphviz

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow13 documents7 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
NVD7.8
EPSS
6.5%
top 8.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GraphvizDebian Graphviz
Timeline
PublishedJan 10
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/graphviz< graphviz 2.26.3-16.1 (bookworm)+1
▶Debiangraphviz/graphviz< 2.26.3-16.1+7
▶NVDgraphviz/graphviz2.34.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-m2jh-3vm2-49rv: Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-w89c-3qr4-xm84: Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-1235: Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2↗2017-08-07
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OSV
CVE-2014-0978: Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan↗2014-01-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Graphviz vulnerabilities↗2014-01-16
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Red Hat
graphviz: buffer overflow in yyerror() due to improper fix for CVE-2014-0978↗2014-01-08
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Red Hat
graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow in yyerror()↗2014-01-06
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Debian
CVE-2014-1235: graphviz - Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows ...↗2014
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Debian
CVE-2014-0978: graphviz - Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Grap...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-1235 graphviz: buffer overflow in yyerror() due to improper fix for CVE-2014-0978↗2014-01-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-0978 graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow in yyerror()↗2014-01-07
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