CVE-2021-23165

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

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967014	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/6e8a95561988500b5b5ae4861b3b0cbf4fba517f	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/6e8a95561988500b5b5ae4861b3b0cbf4fba517f.patch	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/413	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967014	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/6e8a95561988500b5b5ae4861b3b0cbf4fba517f	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/6e8a95561988500b5b5ae4861b3b0cbf4fba517f.patch	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/413	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

05 Feb 2025, 20:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:1.9.12:::::::*

Information

Published : 2022-03-16 15:15

Updated : 2025-02-05 20:25

NVD link : CVE-2021-23165

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

htmldoc_project

htmldoc

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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