Out-of-bounds Read Affecting htmldoc package, versions <1.8.27-8+deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-HTMLDOC-1910703
  • published4 Nov 2021
  • disclosed3 Nov 2021

Introduced: 3 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-40985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 htmldoc to version 1.8.27-8+deb9u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream htmldoc package and not the htmldoc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A 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.

CVSS Scores

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