CVE-2024-45508 — Out-of-bounds Write in Project Htmldoc

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Htmldoc Project Htmldoc
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateJan 22

Description

HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianhtmldoc_project/htmldoc< 1.9.18-2+1
▶Ubuntuhtmldoc_project/htmldoc< 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm4+5

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
HTMLDOC vulnerabilities↗2025-01-22
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GHSA
GHSA-jmwj-mmwj-qm9h: HTMLDOC before 1↗2024-09-02
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OSV
CVE-2024-45508: HTMLDOC before 1↗2024-09-01
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CVEList
CVE-2024-45508: HTMLDOC before 1↗2024-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
HTMLDOC vulnerabilities↗2025-01-22
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Debian
CVE-2024-45508: htmldoc - HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cx...↗2024
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