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    CVE-2014-0978

    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.

    Published:Jan 6, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 10, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.06542
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Graphviz
    Product
    Graphviz

    Exploits

    https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438ahttps://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a

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    References

    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/38
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56244
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2843
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:024
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64674
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497274
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90085
    https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/38
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56244
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2843
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:024
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64674
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497274
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90085
    https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
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    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High