CVE-2021-23165

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23165
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-16 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-22 17:01:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in htmldoc before v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in pspdf_prepare_outpages(), in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Htmldoc Project Htmldoc All All All All
Application Htmldoc Project Htmldoc 1.9.12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix a number-up crash bug (Issue #413) · michaelrsweet/htmldoc@6e8a955 · GitHub MISC github.com
github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/6e8a95561988500b5b5ae4861b3b0cbf... MISC github.com
AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow in pspdf_prepare_outpages() in ps-pdf.cxx:1338:15 · Issue #413 · michaelrsweet/htmldoc · GitHub MISC github.com
1967014 – (CVE-2021-23165) CVE-2021-23165 htmldoc: heap-buffer-overflow in pspdf_prepare_outpages() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178664 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (DSA 4928-1)
  • 178690 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (DLA 2700-1)
  • 179886 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (CVE-2021-23165)
  • 198796 Ubuntu Security Notification for HTMLDOC Vulnerability (USN-5438-1)

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