Out-of-bounds Write Affecting htmldoc package, versions <1.9.7-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-HTMLDOC-536941
  • published8 Dec 2019
  • disclosed8 Dec 2019

Introduced: 8 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19630  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable htmldoc to version 1.9.7-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

HTMLDOC 1.9.7 allows a stack-based buffer overflow in the hd_strlcpy() function in string.c (when called from render_contents in ps-pdf.cxx) via a crafted HTML document.

CVSS Scores

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