CVE-2009-3050
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3034)
- Published
- September 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3034 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- htmldoc / htmldoc
- htmldoc / htmldoc
- htmldoc / htmldoc
- htmldoc / htmldoc
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186(Exploit)
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35780(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214(Exploit)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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