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CVE-2014-0978
Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- MDVSA-2014:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 64674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- graphviz-yyerror-bo(90085) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140107 CVE Request: graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow in yyerror() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2843 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497274 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140107 Re: CVE Request: graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow in yyerror() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 55666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 56244 (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-2014-1008 (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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