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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0090 High: htmldoc Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2022-0083 addresses a critical vulnerability in libpng, resolving a buffer overflow problem that could compromise system integrity. Essential for all Mageia systems.
A vulnerability was found in htmldoc version 1.9.15 where the stack out-of-bounds read takes place in gif_get_code() and occurs when opening a malicious GIF file, which can result ...

Summary

A vulnerability was found in htmldoc version 1.9.15 where the stack out-of-bounds read takes place in gif_get_code() and occurs when opening a malicious GIF file, which can result in a crash (segmentation fault). (CVE-2022-0534)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30077

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0534

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical segmentation fault crash out-of-bounds read htmldoc mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/htmldoc-1.9.15-1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 22 Feb 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0082.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-0534

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical segmentation fault crash out-of-bounds read htmldoc mageia

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