CVE-2008-4555
HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4536)
- Published
- October 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4536 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- graphviz / graphviz
- graphviz / graphviz
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- graphviz / graphviz
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240636
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
- http://roeehay.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphviz-buffer-overflow-code-execution.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32186(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32656
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-04.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497150/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31648(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45765
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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