CVE-2021-23206 (GCVE-0-2021-23206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-02 22:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:05
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and prior. A stack buffer overflow in parse_table() in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a htmldoc Affected: Affects v1.9.12 and prior, Fixed in v1.9.12+
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