DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4555

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4555

    Published: 14 Oct 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-4555

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4555

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: graphviz

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/graphviz?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.20.2-3

    Affected versions

    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