CVE-2002-1569

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-1569 · Published 17/11/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1569 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting ghostview (ghostview), gv (gv).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 83.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostview ghostview	`= 1.3= 1.4= 1.4.1= 1.5`	No fix yet
gv gv	`= 2.7.6= 2.7b1= 2.7b2= 2.7b3= 2.7b4= 2.7b5= 2.9.4= 3.0.0= 3.0.4= 3.1.4= 3.1.6= 3.2.4= 3.4.12= 3.4.2= 3.4.3= 3.5.2= 3.5.3= 3.5.8`	No fix yet

Description

gv 3.5.8, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename for (1) a PDF file or (2) a gzip file.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0033.html
marc.info
epita.fr/~bevand_m/asa/asa-0000 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/5840 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10231

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