fkie_cve-2008-5078
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-12-19 17:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.
References
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