Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ht  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-HT-15028079
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Jan 2020

Introduced: 23 Jan 2020

CVE-2012-5867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ht package and not the ht package as distributed by Ubuntu.

HT Editor 2.0.20 has a Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability