CVE-2014-9157 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9157?

CVE-2014-9157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9157?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphviz Graphviz.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9157?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-9157 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9157, DLA-105-1, DSA-3098-1, GHSA-h5f2-wwmp-f73m, MGASA-2014-0520, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9157 and 1 more.