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CVE-2002-0836
dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute…
High7.5EPSS 8.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20021018 GLSA: tetex (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5978 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021216 [OpenPKG-SA-2002.015] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tetex) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLA-2002:537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- VU#169841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- DSA-207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- HPSBTL0210-073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- dvips-system-execute-commands(10365) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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