Bug 1202409 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-33236: htmldoc: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in write_header in htmldoc through 1.9.11

Bug 1202409 - (CVE-2021-33236) VUL-0: CVE-2021-33236: htmldoc: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in write_header in htmldoc through 1.9.11

(CVE-2021-33236)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2021-33236: htmldoc: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in write_header...

Status:	NEW

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Leap 15.4
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Minor (vote)
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Assigned To:	Martin Pluskal
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/339893/
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Reported:	2022-08-16 06:32 UTC by Hu
Modified:	2022-08-16 07:15 UTC (History)
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Description Hu 2022-08-16 06:32:01 UTC

CVE-2021-33236

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in write_header in htmldoc through 1.9.11 allows
attackers to casue a denial of service via /htmldoc/htmldoc/html.cxx:273.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-33236
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33236
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/425

Comment 1 Hu 2022-08-16 06:32:17 UTC

Affected:
- openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP3/htmldoc  1.9.1 

Not affected:
- openSUSE:Backports:SLE-15-SP4/htmldoc  1.9.15
- openSUSE:Factory/htmldoc               1.9.16