FKIE_CVE-2009-3050

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-02 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35780Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/01/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35780Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/01/1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
htmldoc htmldoc *
htmldoc htmldoc 1.8.24
htmldoc htmldoc 1.8.25
htmldoc htmldoc 1.8.26
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