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CVE-2021-23180 (GCVE-0-2021-23180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-02 22:29 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:05
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and before. Null pointer dereference in file_extension(),in file.c may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - - NULL Pointer Dereference, CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a htmldoc Affected: Fixed in htmldoc v1.9.12 and above.
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