Buffer overflow in Graphviz

CVE-2008-4555

Stack-based buffer overflow in the push_subg function in parser.y (lib/graph/parser.c) in Graphviz 2.20.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a DOT file with a large number of Agraph_t elements.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.051 (91.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Graphviz — versions 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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