CVE-2008-4306
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4289)
- Published
- November 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4289 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ubuntu / linux
- ubuntu / linux
- ubuntu / linux
- ubuntu / linux
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/49569
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml
- 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/1/498385/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718
- 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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