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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-10-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.244Z

Reserved: 2002-08-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0838

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-10T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:22:25.373

Link: CVE-2002-0838

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2002-09-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0838 - Bugzilla