🛡️ CVE-2023-46045 on Alpine 3.20 (Root.io) — rootio-graphviz

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-46045 as tracked by Alpine 3.20 (Root.io), for the package rootio-graphviz. The fix is available in version 9.0.0-r20073; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-320-CVE-2023-46045 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-320-CVE-2023-46045 is recorded against 1 package.

• rootio-graphviz (fixed in 9.0.0-r20073)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 March 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read) in other software:

• CVE-2019-14492 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23594 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-18009 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-14491 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-21728 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12599 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12598 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-16249 (published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2023-46045 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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