Description
Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.
Published: 2008-11-04
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 4.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1670-1 New enscript packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4289 Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-660-1 enscript vulnerability
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.992Z

Reserved: 2008-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4306

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-04T21:00:01.767

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4306

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4306 - Bugzilla

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