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CVE-2021-40985 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/f12b9666e582a8e7b70f11b28e5ffc49ad625d43 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/444 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/f12b9666e582a8e7b70f11b28e5ffc49ad625d43 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/444 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
htmldoc project htmldoc
< 1.9.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-40985
NVD Published Date:
Nov 3, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-40985 Details - Not Deferred