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HistoryMay 23, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

HTMLDOC vulnerability

2022-05-2300:00:00
ubuntu.com
37

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • htmldoc - HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF

Details

It was discovered that HTMLDOC did not properly manage memory under certain
circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HTML
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTMLDOC to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu20.04noarchhtmldoc< 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu20.04noarchhtmldoc-common< 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchhtmldoc< 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchhtmldoc-common< 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.5%