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CVE-2008-4555

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
14/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
8.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.20.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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