CVE-2002-1223 (GCVE-0-2002-1223)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:19
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2307 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?n… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11319.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2002-10-17 00:00
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