CVE-2009-3050

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3050
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-02 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Htmldoc Htmldoc 1.8.24 All All All
Application Htmldoc Htmldoc 1.8.25 All All All
Application Htmldoc Htmldoc 1.8.26 All All All
Application Htmldoc Htmldoc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.htmldoc.org/str.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.htmldoc.org Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Files ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.org Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo Bug 278186 - <app-text/htmldoc-1.8.27-r1 Multiple insecure calls to sscanf() (CVE-2009-3050) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
HTMLDOC "set_page_size()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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