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CVE-2022-24191

Date: April 4, 2022

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24191

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RPDZLHOMPSA2LBXXFTZ5UADZWGYYWH7/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24191

Url: https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/470

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RPDZLHOMPSA2LBXXFTZ5UADZWGYYWH7/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-24191

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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