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FKIE_CVE-2014-9157

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-03 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:17
Severity
Summary
Format 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/60166Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/60166Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
graphviz graphviz *

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