CVE-2021-43579

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-43579
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-10T14:10:24
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-01T15:20:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.13
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/453 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/compare/v1.9.12...v1.9.13 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/27d08989a5a567155d506ac870ae7d8cc88fa58b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/456 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00022.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43579
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43579
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-04 00:39:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:55:19 2022-01-10T14:10Z 2022-01-10T14:10:24 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:55:19 2022-04-01T15:20:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:55:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated