Out-of-Bounds Affecting htmldoc package, versions <1.8.27-4.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-HTMLDOC-279758
  • published2 Sept 2009
  • disclosed2 Sept 2009

Introduced: 2 Sep 2009

CVE-2009-3050  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 htmldoc to version 1.8.27-4.1 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.

Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.

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