| Name | CVE-2021-26259 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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) | bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.9.16-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.9.20-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 1.9.21-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/417
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/0ddab26a542c74770317b622e985c52430092ba5
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact