CVE-2014-0978

N/A Unknown

Published: January 10, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/38

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/55666

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/56244

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2843

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:024

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64674

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497274

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90085

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28