CVE-2014-9157

high

Published 2014-12-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not properly handled in an error string.

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.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.38.0-7`
sid	Fixed	`2.38.0-7`
forky	Fixed	`2.38.0-7`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.38.0-7`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.38.0-7`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
graphviz	graphviz	`{"endExcluding":"2.42.4"}`	`2.42.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-134

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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