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 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.
References
Link Resource
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:ggv:ggv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7b5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2002-10-10 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03


NVD link : CVE-2002-0838

Mitre link : CVE-2002-0838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0838


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Products Affected

ghostview

  • ghostview

gv

  • gv

ggv

  • ggv