CVE-2008-5078
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5057)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5057 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / escript
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33181(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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