{
    "id": "CVE-2002-0838",
    "published": "2002-10-10 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:58:13",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.02025",
    "epss_percentile": "0.80401",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "ggv",
            "product": "ggv"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "ghostview",
            "product": "ghostview"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gv",
            "product": "gv"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21871",
            "title": "GV 2.x/3.x - '.PDF'/'.PS' File Buffer Overflow (1)",
            "date": "2002-09-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21871"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21872",
            "title": "GV 2.x/3.x - '.PDF'/'.PS' File Buffer Overflow (2)",
            "date": "2002-09-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21872"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt",
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-179",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-182",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10201.php",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600777",
        "http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:069",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-207.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-212.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5808",
        "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-053.0.txt",
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000542",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305615613319&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103305778615625&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487806800388&w=2",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47780&zone_32=category:security",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-176"
    ]
}