CVE-2008-4555

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    CVE-2008-4555

    Published: 14 Oct 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32186, http://secunia.com/advisories/32656, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-04.xml, http://roeehay.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphviz-buffer-overflow-code-execution.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31648, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240636, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4409, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497150/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45765

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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