Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1717 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GV Postscript and PDF Viewer

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
gv
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2004-08-16
Updated: 2017-07-11

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the psscan function in ps.c for gv (ghostview) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Postscript file with a long (1) BoundingBox, (2) comment, (3) Orientation, (4) PageOrder, or (5) Pages value.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gv
18

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionGV PostScript Viewer Remote Buffer overflow Exploit (2). CVE-2004-1717. Remote exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:400
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-08-18
    published2004-08-18
    reporterinfamous41md
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/400/
    titleGV PostScript Viewer - Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit 2
  • descriptionGV PostScript Viewer Remote Buffer overflow Exploit. CVE-2004-1717. Remote exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:390
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-08-13
    published2004-08-13
    reporterinfamous41md
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/390/
    titleGV PostScript Viewer Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit

Statements

contributorMark J Cox
lastmodified2006-08-30
organizationRed Hat
statementThis CVE is a duplicate (rediscovery) of CVE-2002-0838

References