CVE - CVE-2008-4555

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4555	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:31648 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31648 BUGTRAQ:20081008 Advisory: Graphviz Buffer Overflow Code Execution URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497150/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240636 GENTOO:GLSA-200811-04 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-04.xml MISC:http://roeehay.blogspot.com/2008/10/graphviz-buffer-overflow-code-execution.html SECUNIA:32186 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32186 SECUNIA:32656 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32656 SREASON:4409 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4409 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2008:023 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html XF:graphviz-pushsubg-bo(45765) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45765
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081014	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081014)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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