FKIE_CVE-2008-4555
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-14 21:10 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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