CVE-2014-9157

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    CVE-2014-9157

    Published: 3 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872, https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283

    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