Bug 1616821 (CVE-2002-0838) - CVE-2002-0838 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2002-0838 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2002-0838
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-08-16 01:57 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 01:57:52 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:57:45 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 17:25:13 UTC 
MITRE 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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