THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-23165
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-23165

Htmldoc vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A flaw was found in htmldoc before v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in pspdf_prepare_outpages(), in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
Affected vendor
Htmldoc Project
Affected product
Htmldoc
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-03-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-23165

  • Confirm whether Htmldoc Project Htmldoc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-23165.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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