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Status published
Medium
CVE-2002-0838
Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
ggv, ghostview, gv
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 2.7.6, 2.7b1, 2.7b2, 2.7b3, 2.7b4, 2.7b5, 2.9.4, 3.0.0, 3.0.4, 3.1.4, 3.1.6, 3.2.4, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.12, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 1st, 2002
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.