CVE-2022-27114 Information

Description

There is a vulnerability in htmldoc 1.9.16. In image_load_jpeg function image.cxx when it calls malloc’img->width’ and ‘img->height’ they are large enough to cause an integer overflow. So the malloc function may return a heap blosmaller than the expected size and it will cause a buffer overflow/Address boundary error in the jpeg_read_scanlines function.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/31f780487e5ddc426888638786cdc47631687275 https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/471 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00014.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5