CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3863

7.6 HIGH Published 2008-10-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu enscript 1.6.1 • gnu enscript 1.6.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References