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.
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debian/man2html vulnerabilities
4 published CVES affecting debian/man2html, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
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- 4
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 0
- Medium
- 3
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 1
- CISA KEV
- 0
Latest debian/man2html CVEs
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MediumCVSS 5.5
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MediumCVSS 5.5
In man2html 1.6g, a specific string being read in from a file will overwrite the size parameter in the top chunk of the heap. This at least causes the program to segmentation abort if the heap size parameter isn't aligned correctly. In version before GLIBC version 2.29 and aligne...
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MediumCVSS 4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in man2html.cgi.c in man2html 1.6, and possibly other version, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to error messages.
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Unknown
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.