CVE-2014-0978: graphviz

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0978 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in graphviz. EPSS estimates a 4.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-01-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.