CVE-2021-23180

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23180
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:30:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and before. Null pointer dereference in file_extension(),in file.c may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Htmldoc Project Htmldoc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-23180 | Ubuntu MISC ubuntu.com
Fix a crash bug with malformed URIs (Issue #418) · michaelrsweet/htmldoc@19c582f · GitHub MISC github.com
1967041 – (CVE-2021-23180) CVE-2021-23180 htmldoc: null pointer dereference in function in file_extension() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
AddressSanitizer: SEGV in file_extension file.c:337:29 · Issue #418 · michaelrsweet/htmldoc · GitHub MISC github.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)
  • 179994 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (CVE-2021-23180)
  • 198612 Ubuntu Security Notification for HTMLDOC Vulnerability (USN-5198-1)

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