VDB
CVE-2002-0838
CVE-2002-0838
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 2.03% · 79.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.599999904632568
EPSS Score
2.03%
79.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ggv | ggv | 1.0.2 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| gv | gv | 3.5.8, 3.5.2, 3.2.4 |
| ghostview | ghostview | 1.3, 1.4.1, 1.5 |
Timeline
- Oct 1, 2002 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- DSA-179 vendor-advisory
- DSA-176 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:207 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:220 vendor-advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182 technical
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777 advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt technical
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808 exploit
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt technical
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542 technical
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2 technical
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069 technical
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0838 advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2 url
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071 url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html url