CVE-2014-9157

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9157
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-03 21:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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
Application Graphviz Graphviz All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3098-1 graphviz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:187 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:248 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Graphviz 'agerr()' Function Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0520 - Updated graphviz packages fix CVE-2014-9157 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Fix format string vulnerability in using agerr() to report errors during... · 99eda42 · ellson/graphviz · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Re: Re: CVE Request: Graphviz format string vuln af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60166 - Graphviz "yyerror()" Format String Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
oss-sec: CVE Request: Graphviz format string vuln af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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