CVE-2008-4555

Name	CVE-2008-4555
Description	Stack-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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
graphviz (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2.38.0-7+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	2.38.0-17+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2.40.1-6+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	2.42.2-5+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	2.42.2-7+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.42.4-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
graphviz	source	etch	2.8-3+etch1
graphviz	source	(unstable)	2.20.2-3	low

minor issue fixed in etch r6 point update