CVE-2006-5864

28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 15%

exploitation probability

15%top 4% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

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. NOTE: this issue can be exploited through other products that use gv such as evince.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22787 http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 http://secunia.com/advisories/23006 http://secunia.com/advisories/23018 http://secunia.com/advisories/23111 http://secunia.com/advisories/23118 http://secunia.com/advisories/23183 http://secunia.com/advisories/23266 http://secunia.com/advisories/23306 http://secunia.com/advisories/23335 http://secunia.com/advisories/23353 http://secunia.com/advisories/23409