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CVE-2002-0838
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…
Medium4.6EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- DSA-179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2002:542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20020926 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gv (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 5808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- gv-sscanf-function-bo(10201) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#600777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20021017 GLSA: ggv (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020926 Errata: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.26.2002: Exploitable Buffer Overflow in gv (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .