CVE-2008-5078

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) recognize_eps_file function (src/psgen.c) and (2) tilde_subst function (src/util.c) in GNU enscript 1.6.1, and possibly earlier, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an epsf escape sequence with a long filename.

Affected products

GNU Escript: 1.6.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33181
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021401
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473958
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33181
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html

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