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TI-2005-04533 Aliases CVE-2005-4803GHSA-mfg4-vc2f-7p24

graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink…

Priority LOW 17Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00376 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 26

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.3VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.3VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.4VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.5VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.6VulnerableGraphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.3 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.4 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.5 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.6 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
Show 16 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5.7VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5_0.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5_0.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.5_0.3VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.16.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.16.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.5.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.5.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.9.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.2VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.3VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14.1VulnerableGraphviz
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.16.1VulnerableGraphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5.7 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5_0.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5_0.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.5_0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.5_0.3 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.16.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.7.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.16.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.5.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.5.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.9.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.2 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.3 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.16.1 Vulnerable ·Graphviz

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4803
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfg4-vc2f-7p24

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-24707 Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2014-00940 Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2014-00896 Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2019-08239 The agroot() function in cgraph\obj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-04345 Stack-based buffer overflow in the push_subg function in parser.y (lib/graph/parser.c) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2014-07431 Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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