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CVE-2024-46478 (GCVE-0-2024-46478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-24 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-25 20:03
VLAI
Summary
HTMLDOC v1.9.18 contains a buffer overflow in parse_pre function,ps-pdf.cxx:5681.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-25 20:01 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
htmldoc_project htmldoc Affected: 1.9.18
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