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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3863 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

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:11enscript0, 0, 0
Debian:12enscript0, 0, 0
Debian:14enscript0, 0, 0
Debian:13enscript0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 23, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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