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CVE-2021-23158 (GCVE-0-2021-23158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-16 14:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a htmldoc Affected: Affects v1.9.12 and before.
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