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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2002-0838 EUVD-2002-0830GHSA-8534-65wr-c3fm

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 kd…

Published Oct 1, 2002 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: gv Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 gv 1:3.5.8-27 —
Debian 13 gv 1:3.5.8-27 —
Debian 12 gv 1:3.5.8-27 —
Debian 3.0 gnome-gv 1.1.96-3.1 DSA-179
Debian 3.0 gv 3.5.8-26.1 DSA-176
Debian 3.0 kdegraphics 2.2.2-6.8 DSA-182

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 2

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Advisories 3

References