Vulnerabilities > GNU > GV > Medium

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2006-11-11 CVE-2006-5864 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in GNU GV
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps.c for GNU gv 3.6.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the (1) DocumentMedia, (2) DocumentPaperSizes, and possibly (3) PageMedia and (4) PaperSize headers.
network
high complexity
gnu CWE-119
5.1