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Ubuntu: USN-2083-1 (CVE-2014-1235): Graphviz vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2083-1 (CVE-2014-1235): Graphviz vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2017
Created
11/09/2024
Added
11/08/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0978.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-graphviz

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