CVE-2006-5864

Gv vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

14.8%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the (1) DocumentMedia, (2) DocumentPaperSizes, and possibly (3) PageMedia and (4) PaperSize headers. NOTE: this issue can be exploited through other products that use gv such as evince.

Affected vendor

Gnu

Affected product

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2006-11-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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