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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-40648
In man2html 1.6g, a filename can be created to overwrite...
Vulnerability Description
In man2html 1.6g, a filename can be created to overwrite the previous size parameter of the next chunk and the fd, bk, fd_nextsize, bk_nextsize of the current chunk. The next chunk is then freed later on, causing a freeing of an arbitrary amount of memory.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6g
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 9th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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