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01 Record

CVE-2021-23206

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and prior. A stack buffer overflow in parse_table() in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and prior. A stack buffer overflow in parse_table() in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 73.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-03-02 22:25Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 19:05Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-04-06
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d0a01de4a7da6a9b1da282fe477a0ee6cb471ef85299da130d95eed692c7460c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/ahtmldocAffects v1.9.12 and prior, Fixed in v1.9.12+—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.12-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.11-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.11-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.11-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm3
    Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm2
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • htmldoc
    Fixed in 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.