Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24191
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the htmldoc package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In HTMLDOC 1.9.14, an infinite loop in the gif_read_lzw function can lead to a pointer arbitrarily pointing to heap memory and resulting in a buffer overflow.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | htmldoc | 1.9.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24191 |
| Debian:13 | htmldoc | 1.9.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24191 |
| Debian:14 | htmldoc | 1.9.15-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24191 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/470 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2022-39533c087f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA