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CVE-2014-1235 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denia…

published 2017-08-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1313

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • graphviz Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.26.3-16.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1235

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1235 updated cvss 4.3

graphviz: buffer overflow in yyerror() due to improper fix for CVE-2014-0978

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 graphviz, graphviz-gd, graphviz-lua, graphviz-php, graphviz-tcl, graphviz-java, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 graphviz, graphviz-gd, graphviz-lua, graphviz-php, graphviz-tcl, graphviz-java, +6 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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