CVE-2022-24191
MEDIUMhtmldoc 1.9.14 - Infinite Loop and Buffer Overflow via GIF LZW Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
In HTMLDOC 1.9.14, an infinite loop in the gif_read_lzw function can lead to a pointer arbitrarily pointing to heap memory and resulting in a buffer overflow.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/470
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RPDZLHOMPSA2LBXXFTZ5UADZWGYYWH7/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0071
EPSS Percentile
48.4%
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-835
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
34
htmldoc_project/htmldoc
< 1.9.15
Published
Apr 04, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026