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CVE-2008-4555
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,…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- GLSA-200811-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- graphviz-pushsubg-bo(45765) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://roeehay.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphviz-buffer-overflow-code-execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20081008 Advisory: Graphviz Buffer Overflow Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240636 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 32656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4536 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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