CVE-2014-9157

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-12-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9157 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.57%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2014-9157

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9157

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 1.90% 5.57% +3.67%
2 2025-07-13 2.08% 1.90% -0.18%
3 2025-04-08 — 2.08% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9157

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9157

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9157

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9157 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-2014-9157
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9157
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9157 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphviz), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9157

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphviz graphviz < 2.42.4 cpe:2.3:a:graphviz:graphviz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9157

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