CVE-2008-4555

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45765

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31648

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497150/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4409

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32656

http://secunia.com/advisories/32186

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240636

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High