CVE-2008-3863
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3849)
- Published
- October 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3849 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / enscript
- gnu / enscript
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32137(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32530(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33109
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-41/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4488
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497647/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31858
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2891
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46026
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9939
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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