Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13 via Crafted BMP File

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13 via Crafted BMP File

CVE-2021-43579 · HIGH Severity

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

A stack-based buffer overflow in image_load_bmp() in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13 results in remote code execution if the victim converts an HTML document linking to a crafted BMP file.

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