Security advisory

{
  "id": "b5ce3552f3ec8f32d07844466533702127167df79a95d12893d8517066dfc71d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46045",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-46045",
    "summary": "Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file. NOTE: exploitability may be uncommon because this file is typically owned by root.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-46045",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-46045",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-46045"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1c6cb9d3de553bd3e3caeea9a61ebe04034d07ee"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.36.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "9.x"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "10.0.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "9.0.0",
            "8.1.0",
            "8.0.5",
            "8.0.4",
            "8.0.3",
            "8.0.2",
            "8.0.1",
            "7.0.6",
            "7.0.5",
            "7.0.4",
            "7.0.3",
            "7.0.2",
            "7.0.1",
            "7.0.0",
            "6.0.2",
            "6.0.1",
            "5.0.1",
            "5.0.0",
            "4.0.0",
            "3.0.0",
            "2.50.0",
            "2.49.3",
            "2.49.2",
            "2.49.1",
            "2.49.0",
            "2.48.0",
            "2.47.3",
            "2.47.2",
            "2.47.1",
            "2.47.0",
            "2.46.1",
            "2.46.0",
            "2.44.1",
            "stable_release_2.44.0",
            "2.44.0",
            "stable_release_2.42.4",
            "2.42.4",
            "stable_release_2.42.3",
            "2.42.3",
            "stable_release_2.42.2",
            "2.42.2",
            "stable_release_2.42.0",
            "2.42.0",
            "TRAVIS_CI_BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL",
            "2.38.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-46045.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.582710578Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/24",
        "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/73",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/01/2",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46045.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46045",
        "https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/2441"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46045.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-46045",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521184,
  "published_at": "2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00"
}