CVE-2014-9157

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9157
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-03 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-08 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not properly handled in an error string.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz - All All All
Application Graphviz Graphviz - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix format string vulnerability in using agerr() to report errors during... · 99eda42 · ellson/graphviz · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0520 - Updated graphviz packages fix CVE-2014-9157 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Graphviz 'agerr()' Function Remote Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: Re: Re: CVE Request: Graphviz format string vuln MLIST seclists.org Exploit
oss-sec: CVE Request: Graphviz format string vuln MLIST seclists.org Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:187 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA60166 - Graphviz "yyerror()" Format String Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3098-1 graphviz DEBIAN www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:248 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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