CVE-2008-4306

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33109

http://secunia.com/advisories/32970

http://secunia.com/advisories/32854

http://secunia.com/advisories/32753

http://secunia.com/advisories/32530

http://secunia.com/advisories/32521

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html

http://osvdb.org/49569

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-04

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06094