CVE-2021-40648
MEDIUMman2html 1.6g - Use-After-Free via Chunk Metadata Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
In man2html 1.6g, a filename can be created to overwrite the previous size parameter of the next chunk and the fd, bk, fd_nextsize, bk_nextsize of the current chunk. The next chunk is then freed later on, causing a freeing of an arbitrary amount of 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
23.2%
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-20
Status
published
Products (1)
man2html_project/man2html
1.6g
Published
Sep 09, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026