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)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)