{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-19T06:47:41.092535444Z","published":"2002-10-10T04:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2002-0838"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0838"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/gv?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.8-27"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/gv?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.8-27"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/gv?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.5.8-27"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0838.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}