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.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2008-10-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.565Z

Reserved: 2008-08-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3863

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-23T22:00:01.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:50:18.210

Link: CVE-2008-3863

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3863 - Bugzilla