USN-7189-1

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    USN-7189-1

    Published: 8 Jan 2025Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: HTMLDOC vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled certain inputs, which could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-20308) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in pspdf_export, which could lead to a double-free. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23158) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory when loading a JPEG image, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-23191, CVE-2021-26948) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled certain inputs, which could lead to a stack buffer overflow. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23206, CVE-2021-40985, CVE-2021-43579) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in pdpdf_prepare_page and render_table_row, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26252, CVE-2021-26259) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in parse_paragraph, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-34119) It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in parse_tree. An attacker could potentially use this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34121)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: htmldoc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/htmldoc?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm3

    Affected versions

    1.8.27-8ubuntu1
    1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm1
    1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-7189-1 | CVE-DB