CVE-2014-9157

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not properly handled in an error string.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Graphviz: before 2.42.4 — fixed in 2.42.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Graphviz 2.42.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
http://secunia.com/advisories/60166
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949
https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784

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