CVE-2021-26259

Published: 3 March 2022

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in render_table_row(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

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	Needed
	jammy	Needed
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (out of standard support)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26259
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/417
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/0ddab26a542c74770317b622e985c52430092ba5
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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CVE-2021-26259

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