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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-23165): HTMLDOC vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Mar 16, 2022

Added

May 24, 2022

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

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

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-htmldocubuntu-upgrade-htmldocubuntu-upgrade-htmldoc-common

References

CVE-2021-23165
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-23165
CWE-122
CWE-787
EUVD-EUVD-2021-10275
NVD-CVE-2021-23165
UBUNTU-USN-5438-1
UBUNTU-USN-5438-2
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-10275

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