CVE-2009-3050
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 2, 2009
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2009
Description
Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt
- [oss-security] 20090901 Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOCmailing-list
- 35780third-party-advisory
- http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186
- [oss-security] 20090725 Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOCmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090726 Re: CVE Request -- HTMLDOCmailing-list
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