CVE-2002-0838

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0838
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-10 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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 And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ggv Ggv 1.0.2 All All All
Application Ghostview Ghostview 1.3 All All All
Application Ghostview Ghostview 1.4 All All All
Application Ghostview Ghostview 1.4.1 All All All
Application Ghostview Ghostview 1.5 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7.6 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7b1 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7b2 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7b3 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7b4 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.7b5 All All All
Application Gv Gv 2.9.4 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.0.0 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.0.4 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.1.4 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.1.6 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.2.4 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.4.12 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.4.2 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.4.3 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.5.2 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.5.3 All All All
Application Gv Gv 3.5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gv' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
GV Malformed PDF/PS File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Free Sun Alert Notifications Article 47780 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: gv-sscanf-function-bo (10201): gv sscanf() function buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
'Errata: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gv' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'GLSA: ggv' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#600777 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-176-1 gv af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-182-1 kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-179-1 gnome-gv af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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