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CVE-2023-46045Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file. NOTE: exploitability may be uncommon…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.81%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 42% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file. NOTE: exploitability may be uncommon because this file is typically owned by root.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.81% · top 42% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/2441 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/73 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/01/2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20240220 Re: Buffer Overflow in graphviz via via a crafted config6a file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/24 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176816/graphviz-2.43.0-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/73 (opens in a new tab)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/62 (opens in a new tab)
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-2023-50306 (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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