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CVE-2014-0978

graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow in yyerror()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · January 6, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of the graphviz package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact and therefore it is not planned to be addressed in future updates.

This issue did not affect the versions of the graphviz package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow