CVE-2008-4555

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4555
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-14 21:10:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:52:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.14.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.16.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.16.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.16.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.4 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.5 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.6 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.7 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.9.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.10 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.12 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.14 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.16 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.18 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.1.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.20.0 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.20.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.4 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.6 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.8 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.12.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.14.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.16.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.5.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.16.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.16.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.4 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.5 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.6 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5.7 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.7.5_0.3 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.5.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.5.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 1.8.9.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.10 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.12 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.14 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.16 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.18 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.1.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.2.2 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.20.0 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.20.1 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.4 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.6 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz 2.8 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Roee Hay: Graphviz Buffer Overflow Code Execution MISC roeehay.blogspot.com Exploit
Graphviz Graph Parser Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Graphviz: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 240636 - media-gfx/graphviz <2.20.3 push_subg() buffer overflow (CVE-2008-4555) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
CXSecurity - IDS SREASON securityreason.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:023 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA32656 - Gentoo update for graphviz - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Graphviz "push_subg" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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