VYPR
← All advisories
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0838

CVE-2002-0838

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.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

25
  • Ggv/Ggv2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ggv:ggv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ggv:ggv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.99.90
  • Ghostview/Ghostview4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ghostview:ghostview:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Gv/Gv18 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • 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:3.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gv:gv:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • gvv/gvvllm-fuzzy
    Range: <=1.0.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

18

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.