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CVE-2021-40985 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-40985

CVE-2021-40985

MEDIUM5.5

A stack-based buffer under-read in htmldoc before 1

Published Nov 3, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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

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

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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40985

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 3, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024