CVE-2014-0978
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1008)
- Published
- January 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1008 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- graphviz / graphviz
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/38
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55666(Vendor Advisory)
- 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/64674
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497274
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90085
- https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a(Exploit, Patch)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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