Groff
Vendor:
First CVE: Dec 19, 2000 · Active for 25 years
11
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 89% of tracked products
1.8
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 60% of tracked products
4.8
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 6% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Groff over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 19, 2000
25 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 30, 2011
5,504 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Groff11 CVEs
64%
9%
27%
All CVEs352,427 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network1 (9.1%)
Unknown10 (90.9%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low1 (9.1%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown10 (90.9%)
User Interaction
None1 (9.1%)
Unknown10 (90.9%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (9.1%)
Unknown10 (90.9%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
11 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2001-1022HIGH Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary command | Jul 26, 2001 | 7.5 | 39 | NO | YES |
CVE-2000-0803HIGH GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to gain additional privileges by including a malicious postpro directive i | Dec 19, 2000 | 10.0 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2009-5078MEDIUM contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, ren | Jun 30, 2011 | 6.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2002-0003HIGH Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system. | Feb 27, 2002 | 7.5 | 20 | NO | NO |
The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X c | Jun 30, 2011 | 3.3 | 16 | NO | NO |
The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not proper | Jun 30, 2011 | 3.3 | 16 | NO | NO |
The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Owl) improperly create temporary files upon a failure of the mktemp func | Jun 30, 2011 | 3.3 | 15 | NO | NO |
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file. | Jun 24, 2011 | 3.3 | 15 | NO | NO |
The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files vi | Jun 30, 2011 | 3.3 | 14 | NO | NO |
The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. | Dec 31, 2004 | 2.1 | 14 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
9.1% of CVEs· 89th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (11 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Groff
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20.1 | 4 | 3.3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.20 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.19.2 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.19.1 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.19 | 6 | 3.6 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.18.1 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.17.2 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.17.1 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.16.1 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.16 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 1.15 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.14 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.11a | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.11 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |
| 1.10 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 |