| Name | CVE-2021-23191 |
| Description | A security issue was found in htmldoc v1.9.12 and before. A NULL pointer dereference in the function image_load_jpeg() in image.cxx may result in denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2700-1, DSA-4928-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 989437 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| htmldoc (PTS) | buster | 1.9.3-1+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.9.3-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid | 1.9.16-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/415
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/369b2ea1fd0d0537ba707f20a2f047b6afd2fbdc
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact