PT-2004-2621 · Gnu · Gv

Infamous41Md · Published 2004-08-16 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1717

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gv (ghostview) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to multiple buffer overflows in the psscan function in ps.c. This can be exploited by remote attackers through a Postscript file with a long value for BoundingBox, comment, Orientation, PageOrder, or Pages. This exploitation can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1717

Affected Products

Gv

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/400 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/390 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/10944 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1717 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17019 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109267677114331&w=2 · Note