CVE-2002-1223

N/A Unknown

Published: October 28, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in DSC 3.0 parser from GSview, as used in KGhostView in KDE 1.1 and KDE 3.0.3a, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a modified .ps (PostScript) input file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0163.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101426-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11319.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0163.html