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CVE-2021-26259

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Date: March 2, 2022

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in render_table_row(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Language: C++

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/417

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26259

Url: https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/0ddab26a542c74770317b622e985c52430092ba5

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26259

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-26259

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-26259

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v1.9.12

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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