Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting htmldoc package, versions <1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-HTMLDOC-15736480
  • published21 Mar 2026
  • disclosed9 May 2022

Introduced: 9 May 2022

CVE-2022-27114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 htmldoc to version 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a vulnerability in htmldoc 1.9.16. In image_load_jpeg function image.cxx when it calls malloc,'img->width' and 'img->height' they are large enough to cause an integer overflow. So, the malloc function may return a heap blosmaller than the expected size, and it will cause a buffer overflow/Address boundary error in the jpeg_read_scanlines function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1