CVE-2021-26259 — Out-of-bounds Write in Project Htmldoc

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Htmldoc Project Htmldoc
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateJan 8

Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in render_table_row(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianhtmldoc_project/htmldoc< 1.9.11-4+3
▶Ubuntuhtmldoc_project/htmldoc< 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm3+3
▶CVEListV5htmldoc_project/htmldocv1.9.12

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
HTMLDOC vulnerabilities↗2025-01-08
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GHSA
GHSA-6v56-6f3p-gxhq: A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1↗2022-03-05
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OSV
CVE-2021-26259: A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1↗2022-03-03
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CVEList
CVE-2021-26259: A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1↗2022-03-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
HTMLDOC vulnerabilities↗2025-01-08
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Debian
CVE-2021-26259: htmldoc - A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in render_table_row...↗2021
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
CAMP: Compiler and Allocator-based Heap Memory Protection↗2024-06-04
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