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CVE-2008-3863

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, whe

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.24697
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu enscriptall versions

Scoring & Timeline

7.6
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD23 Oct 2008 · 10:00 PM

Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10737-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:1021Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:1016Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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