Vulnerabilities > GNU > Groff > 1.16

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
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
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