Name: CVE-2021-40985: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-40985, CWE-125, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00937

A stack-based buffer under-read in htmldoc before 1.9.12, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image to image_load_bmp.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade htmldoc	Feb 28, 2022	Nov 3, 2021
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-text/htmldoc.	May 6, 2024	Nov 3, 2021
Suse	—	Upgrade htmldoc	Feb 18, 2022	Nov 3, 2021
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade htmldoc (Ubuntu Pro)	Jan 9, 2025	Nov 3, 2021

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