CVE-2019-19630

Publication date 8 December 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

HTMLDOC 1.9.7 allows a stack-based buffer overflow in the hd_strlcpy() function in string.c (when called from render_contents in ps-pdf.cxx) via a crafted HTML document.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was dicovered that HTMLDOC has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use it create a crafted HTML document that provoke a Denial of Service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
htmldoc 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H