CVE-2023-46045 (GCVE-0-2023-46045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:18
VLAI
Summary
Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file. NOTE: exploitability may be uncommon because this file is typically owned by root.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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