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TI-2014-00939 Aliases CVE-2014-1235GHSA-w89c-3qr4-xm84

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote…

Priority LOW 39CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0978.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02929 87th 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:2.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.34.0VulnerableGraphviz
  • cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:2.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.34.0 Vulnerable ·Graphviz

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-1235
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w89c-3qr4-xm84

References

Patch 3

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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