CVE-2002-0838

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…

published October 1, 2002

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02025 · 80.7th percentile
Published
2002-10-01T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 04:00Z
    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…
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