CVE-2014-1235

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Graphviz: 2.34.0

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/54
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64736
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90198
https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/54
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64736
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90198
https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

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