CVE-2021-40647
MEDIUMman2html 1.6g - Out-of-bounds Write via Heap Size Parameter Overwrite
Title source: llmDescription
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 allows arbitrary write anywhere in the programs memory.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gist.github.com/untaman/cb58123fe89fc65e3984165db5d40933
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
23.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
man2html_project/man2html
1.6g
Published
Sep 09, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026