Vulnerability in Gv

CVE-2004-1717

Multiple buffer overflows in the psscan function in ps.c for gv (ghostview) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Postscript file with a long (1) BoundingBox, (2) comment, (3) Orientation, (4) PageOrder, or (5) Pages value.

EPSS: 0.054 (91.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gv — versions 2.7.6, 2.7b1, 2.7b2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)