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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.051 (92.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Graphviz — versions 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-04.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32186 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45765 (vdb-entry)
- roeehay.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphviz-buffer-overflow-code-execution.html (Exploit)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31648 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497150/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4409 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32656 (third-party-advisory)