CVE-2008-5078

EPSS 5.0%

Published: 12/19/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5078

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.

Affected packages (1)

Debian/enscriptfrom 0, < 1.6.4-13

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5078