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CVE-2009-3050

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2009-09-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Htmldoc Htmldoc

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References