A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and before. Null pointer dereference in file_extension(),in file.c may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23180
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/19c582fb32eac74b57e155cffbb529377a9e751a
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967041
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/418
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2022-03-02
Updated: 2023-11-07
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00287