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CVE-2008-4555

HIGH CVSS: 8.5 Published: 2008-10-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the push_subg function in parser.y (lib/graph/parser.c) in Graphviz 2.20.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a DOT file with a large number of Agraph_t elements.

Affected Platforms

Graphviz Graphviz

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References