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DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11gv0, 0, 0
Debian:14gv0, 0, 0
Debian:13gv0, 0, 0
Debian:12gv0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 10, 2002 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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