Format string error - CVE-2014-9157
Published: December 3, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33058
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9157
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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 software
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
graphviz (Alpine package)
graphviz
Fedora
graphviz (Alpine package)
graphviz
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9157
Install update from vendor's website.
graphviz (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.38.0-r2, 2.38.0-r6, 2.40.1-r0
graphviz - update to 2.38.0-11.fc21
graphviz - update to 2.38.0-11.fc21
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60166
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949
- https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081