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title: "CVE-2014-0978\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0978

Publication date 10 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0978?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| graphviz | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.26.3-15ubuntu4.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 2.26.3-14ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.26.3-12ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.20.2-8ubuntu3.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0978?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this fix introduced CVE-2014-1235

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| graphviz | * Upstream:   [7aaddf5](https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0978)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0978)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0978)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0978)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2083-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2083-1)
+ Graphviz vulnerabilities
+ 16 January 2014

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/28>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0978>