CVE
- Id
- 5228
- CVE No.
- CVE-2002-0838
- Status
- Candidate
- 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.
- Phase
- Proposed (20030317)
- Votes
- ACCEPT(4) Baker, Cole, Frech, Wall | MODIFY(1) Cox | NOOP(1) Christey
- Comments
- Cox> Addref: RHSA-2002:211 | Christey> GENTOO:GLSA-200408-10 | URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-10.xml