CVE-2005-3278

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the openpsfile function in gsinterf.c for Jan Kybic BitMap Viewer (BMV) 1.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file containing a large number of pages value, which leads to a resultant buffer overflow.

Affected products

Jan Kybic Bitmap Viewer: 1.2

References

http://felinemenace.org/advisories/bmv_advisory.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17266
http://secunia.com/advisories/19029
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015086
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-981
http://www.osvdb.org/20118
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15153
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22815
http://felinemenace.org/advisories/bmv_advisory.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17266
http://secunia.com/advisories/19029
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015086

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