| Name | CVE-2022-24191 |
| Description | In HTMLDOC 1.9.14, an infinite loop in the gif_read_lzw function can lead to a pointer arbitrarily pointing to heap memory and resulting in a buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.9.16-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.9.17-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.9.18-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| htmldoc | source | buster | 1.9.3-1+deb10u4 | | | |
| htmldoc | source | bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | | | |
| htmldoc | source | (unstable) | 1.9.15-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/fb0334a51300988e9b83b9870d4063e86002b077 (v1.9.15)
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/470
Hang in CLI tool, no security impact