CVE-2021-40647

In man2html 1.6g, a specific string being read in from a file will overwrite the size parameter in the top chunk of the heap. This at least causes the program to segmentation abort if the heap size parameter isn't aligned correctly. In version before GLIBC version 2.29 and aligned correctly, it...

CVE-2021-40647

CVE-2021-40647 affects the man2html 1.6g tool. A string read from a file can overwrite the top-heap size, causing a segmentation fault; if the heap size parameter is not aligned, this can escalate to an arbitrary write in memory on systems with GLIBC versions before 2.29 and with proper alignment...

CVE-2021-40647

In man2html 1.6g, a specific string being read in from a file will overwrite the size parameter in the top chunk of the heap. This at least causes the program to segmentation abort if the heap size parameter isn't aligned correctly. In version before GLIBC version 2.29 and aligned correctly, it...