Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-24191 (CCN-223442)

Assigned:2022-01-25
Published:2022-01-25
Updated:2022-05-13
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-835
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-24191

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
htmldoc-cve202224191-dos(223442)

Source: CCN
Type: htmldoc GIT Repository
Stack Buffer Overflow in gif_read_lzw #470

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/470

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2022-39533c087f

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.9.15)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    htmldoc_project htmldoc *
    fedoraproject fedora 34