CVE-2008-4555

HighCVSS 8.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 14, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4555: High severity, CVSS 8.5 | Vulnix