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CVE-2008-3863

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 8.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-10-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-3863
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.6
EPSS
8.36%

Original NVD 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.