CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43579
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in image_load_bmp() in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13 results in remote code execution if the victim converts an HTML document linking to a crafted BMP file.
Affected configurations
• htmldoc project htmldoc (<= 1.9.13)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/27d08989a5a567155d506ac870ae7d8cc88fa58b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/compare/v1.9.12...v1.9.13 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/456 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/27d08989a5a567155d506ac870ae7d8cc88fa58b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/compare/v1.9.12...v1.9.13 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/456 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory