Out-of-bounds Write Affecting htmldoc package, versions <1.9.18-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-HTMLDOC-7856172
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed1 Sept 2024

Introduced: 1 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-45508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable htmldoc to version 1.9.18-2 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 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 Scores

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