CVE-2014-1235

high
Published 2017-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1235

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050871

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.26.3-16.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.26.3-16.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.26.3-16.1
debian debiansidfixed2.26.3-16.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.26.3-16.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
graphvizgraphviz2.34.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.