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CVE-2008-3863

HIGH CVSS: 7.6 Published: 2008-10-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_special_escape function in src/psgen.c in GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and 1.6.4 beta, when the -e (aka special escapes processing) option is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII file, related to the setfilename command.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Enscript

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References