CVE-2014-0978

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file.

Published: 2014-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0978 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.89%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0978

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0978

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.54% 4.89% -1.66%
2 2025-08-26 7.63% 6.54% -1.09%
3 2025-06-20 — 7.63% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0978

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0978

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0978

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0978 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (graphviz), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0978
gentoo normal CVE-2014-0978: 1 GLSA(s) (201702-06), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/graphviz); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0978
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0978
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0978 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphviz), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0978

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphviz graphviz 2.34.0 cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:2.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0978

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