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CVE-2002-0838

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/10/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ggv:ggv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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