CVE-2021-23158

Published: 16 March 2022

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
htmldoc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needed
	focal	Needed
	groovy	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	hirsute	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Needed
	kinetic	Needed
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Bugs

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989437

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