| Name | CVE-2022-28085 |
| Description | A flaw was found in htmldoc commit 31f7804. A heap buffer overflow in the function pdf_write_names in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to arbitrary code execution and Denial of Service (DoS). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| htmldoc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.27-8+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.27-8+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.9.3-1+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1.9.3-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.9.16-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.9.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| htmldoc | source | buster | 1.9.3-1+deb10u4 | | | |
| htmldoc | source | bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | | | |
| htmldoc | source | (unstable) | 1.9.15-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/480
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/46c8ec2b9bccb8ccabff52d998c5eee77a228348
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact