Out-of-bounds Write Affecting htmldoc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-HTMLDOC-7885511
  • published20 Feb 2025
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 htmldoc.

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:20.04 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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