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CVE-2002-0838 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in (1) gv 3.5.8 and earlier, (2) gvv 1.0.2 a)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0838
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-10-10
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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