CVE-2021-40985

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-40985
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-03 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack-based buffer under-read in htmldoc before 1.9.12, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image to image_load_bmp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Htmldoc Project Htmldoc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix BMP crash bug (Issue #444) · michaelrsweet/htmldoc@f12b966 · GitHub MISC github.com
stack-buffer-underflow in htmldoc · Issue #444 · michaelrsweet/htmldoc · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2928-1] htmldoc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179095 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (DLA 2928-1)
  • 180419 Debian Security Update for htmldoc (CVE-2021-40985)

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