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CVE-2021-40985

medium

Description

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.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/f12b9666e582a8e7b70f11b28e5ffc49ad625d43

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/444

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-11-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00069