CVE-2008-4306 (GCVE-0-2008-4306)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-04 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://osvdb.org/49569 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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Date Public
2008-11-03 00:00
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