CVE-2024-45508

moderate-risk
Published 2024-09-01

HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node.

Do I need to act?

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0.29% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Htmldoc Project

References (3)

Release Notes https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/blob/2d5b2ab9ddbf2aee2209010cebc11efdd1...
Patch https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/2d5b2ab9ddbf2aee2209010cebc11efd...
Exploit https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/528
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal