CVE-2014-9157

N/A
Published: December 3, 2014 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxGraphviz

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.42.4
Affected range stops below 2.42.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (10)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/60166
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-134

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