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 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.

CVSS v2.0

4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile

Published

2002-10-01

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21872
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21871

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2002-0833
• CVE-2002-0840
• CVE-2002-0824
• CVE-2002-0851
• CVE-2002-0823
• CVE-2002-0855