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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-0836 json

dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2002-10-28 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0828

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.0%
EPSS 8.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2002-0836 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:194

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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