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    CVE-2014-9157

    Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not properly handled in an error string.

    Published:Nov 25, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 3, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.01899
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Graphviz
    Product
    Graphviz

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60166
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949
    https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60166
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949
    https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High