CVE-2002-1223

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1223
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in DSC 3.0 parser from GSview, as used in KGhostView in KDE 1.1 and KDE 3.0.3a, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a modified .ps (PostScript) input file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 1.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
#101426: Security Vulnerabilities in "Safe.pm" and "CGI.pm" Perl Modules (formerly Document ID: 57473) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
ISS X-Force Database:gsview-dsc-ps-bo(11319): KGhostview GSview DSC parser .ps input file buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - KDE Security Advisory: KGhostview Arbitary Code Execution - From mueller_at_kde.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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