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CVE-2002-1223
Buffer 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…
High7.5EPSS 3.3%
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Description
Buffer 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- N-155 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 101426 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20021009 KDE Security Advisory: KGhostview Arbitary Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- gsview-dsc-ps-bo(11319) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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