CVE-2008-4555

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4555
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-14 21:10:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Graphviz "push_subg" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Roee Hay: Graphviz Buffer Overflow Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 roeehay.blogspot.com Exploit
Gentoo Bug 240636 - media-gfx/graphviz <2.20.3 push_subg() buffer overflow (CVE-2008-4555) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Graphviz Graph Parser Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Graphviz: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA32656 - Gentoo update for graphviz - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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