CVE-2002-0003: GNU Groff

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system.

Affected products

• GNU Groff: up to and including 1.16

Published 2002-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.