CVE-2014-1235

high

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0978.

References

Advisories
More

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050871

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64736

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/54

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90198

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-07

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01182