vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-7189-1 (CVE-2021-26948): HTMLDOC vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 3, 2022
Added
Jan 9, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Null pointer dereference in the htmldoc v1.9.11 and before may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted html file.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-htmldoc
Title
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