CVE-2021-23158

michaelrsweet/htmldoc

on github

Published

March 16, 2022

Severity

CVSS v3:

9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS v2:

7.5 HIGH

Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Double-free in function pspdf_export(),in ps-pdf.cxx may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

References

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/369b2ea1fd0d0537ba707f20a2f047b6afd2fbdc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967018
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/414

Configurations

CPE23	Version Start	Version End	Exact Version
cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:1.9.12:::::::*	n/a	n/a	1.9.12

External Links

NVD - CVE-2021-23158