Vulnerabilities > GNU > Groff

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2011-06-30 CVE-2009-5078 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in multiple products
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
network
low complexity
gnu apple CWE-254
6.4
2005-02-09 CVE-2004-0969 The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
local
low complexity
gnu gentoo ubuntu
2.1
2004-12-31 CVE-2004-1296 Local Security vulnerability in groff
The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
local
low complexity
gnu
2.1
2002-02-27 CVE-2002-0003 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Groff Pre-Processor
Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system.
network
low complexity
gnu
7.5
2001-07-26 CVE-2001-1022 Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.
network
low complexity
gnu jgroff
7.5
2000-12-19 CVE-2000-0803 Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Groff
GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to gain additional privileges by including a malicious postpro directive in the description file, which is executed when another user runs groff.
network
low complexity
gnu
critical
10.0