CVE-2008-5078

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-5078 · Published 19/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5078 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting escript (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
escript gnu	`= 1.6.1`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/33181 · Vendor Advisory
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html
securitytracker.com/id
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47680
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11807

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