debian · CVE-2002-0838

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:58:38 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2002-0838 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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