CVE-2014-1236
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a "badly formed number" and a "long digit list."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.26.3-16.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.26.3-16.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.26.3-16.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.26.3-16.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.26.3-16.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| graphviz | graphviz | 2.34.0 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/101851
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/46
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/51
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/54
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55666
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56244
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2843
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:024
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64737
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050872
- https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/1d1bdec6318746f6f19f245db589eddc887ae8ff
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1236
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.