CVE-2014-1235

Publication date 8 January 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
graphviz	13.10 saucy	Fixed 2.26.3-15ubuntu4.1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 2.26.3-14ubuntu1.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.26.3-12ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.20.2-8ubuntu3.1

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by patch for CVE-2014-0978

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
graphviz	Upstream: d266bb2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2083-1
Graphviz vulnerabilities
16 January 2014