CVE-2014-1236

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a "badly formed number" and a "long digit list."

Affected products

Graphviz: 2.34.0

References

http://osvdb.org/101851
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/46
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/51
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/54
http://secunia.com/advisories/55666
http://secunia.com/advisories/56244
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2843
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64737
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050872
https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/1d1bdec6318746f6f19f245db589eddc887ae8ff
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

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