CVE-2002-0838
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 1, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 8, 2002
Description
Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 and earlier, (3) ggv 1.99.90 and earlier, (4) gnome-gv, and (5) kghostview in kdegraphics 2.2.2 and earlier, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed (a) PDF or (b) PostScript file, which is processed by an unsafe call to sscanf.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-179vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:069vendor-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
- DSA-182vendor-advisory
- CLA-2002:542vendor-advisory
- 20020926 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gvmailing-list
- MDKSA-2002:071vendor-advisory
- 5808vdb-entry
- DSA-176vendor-advisory
- gv-sscanf-function-bo(10201)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2002:212vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:220vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:207vendor-advisory
- VU#600777third-party-advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security
- 20021017 GLSA: ggvmailing-list
- 20020926 Errata: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gvmailing-list
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