CVE-2021-43579

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 7.3%

from disclosure to weapon1404 days

Published on NVDNov 12

1st PoC+1404d

exploitation probability

7.3%top 6% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

A stack-based buffer overflow in image_load_bmp() in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13 results in remote code execution if the victim converts an HTML document linking to a crafted BMP file.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1

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References

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/27d08989a5a567155d506ac870ae7d8cc88fa58b https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/compare/v1.9.12...v1.9.13 https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/453 https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/456 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html