CVE-2014-0978

NameCVE-2014-0978
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2843-1
Debian Bugs734745

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
graphviz (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.38.0-7+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.38.0-17+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.40.1-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.42.2-5+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.42.2-7+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.42.4-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
graphvizsourcesqueeze2.26.3-5+squeeze2DSA-2843-1
graphvizsourcewheezy2.26.3-14+deb7u1DSA-2843-1
graphvizsource(unstable)2.26.3-16734745

Notes

https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a
additional commit required (new CVE-2014-1235): https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750
see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165#c6

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