CVE-2002-0838

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.

Affected packages (4)

• Debian/gnome-gvfrom 0, < 1.1.96-3.1
• Debian/gvfrom 0, < 1:3.5.8-27
• Debian/gvfrom 0, < 3.5.8-26.1
• Debian/kdegraphicsfrom 0, < 2.2.2-6.8

References (1)

• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0838