CVE-2009-3050

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.

Affected products

Htmldoc: through 1.8.27; 1.8.24, 1.8.25, 1.8.26

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/35780
http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/01/1
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/35780
http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3

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