When was CVE-2002-1223 disclosed?

CVE-2002-1223 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 28, 2002, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2002-1223 actively exploited?

CVE-2002-1223 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 74.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2002-1223?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2002-1223, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2002-1223

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Buffer overflow in DSC 3.0 parser from GSview, as used in KGhostView in KDE 1.1 and KDE 3.0.3a, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a modified .ps (PostScript) input file.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 74.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0163.html
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101426-1
cve@mitrehttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml
cve@mitrehttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11319.php
cve@mitrehttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0163.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101426-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11319.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20021008-1.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:071
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html

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