Out-of-Bounds Affecting evince package, versions <0.4.0-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
94.08% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EVINCE-323968
  • published11 Nov 2006
  • disclosed11 Nov 2006

Introduced: 11 Nov 2006

CVE-2006-5864  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 evince to version 0.4.0-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evince package and not the evince package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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