DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3050
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050
Upstream
Published
2009-09-02T17:30:01.313Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:29.231644Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the setpagesize 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / htmldoc

Package

Name
htmldoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/htmldoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.27-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050.json"

Debian:12 / htmldoc

Package

Name
htmldoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/htmldoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.27-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050.json"

Debian:13 / htmldoc

Package

Name
htmldoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/htmldoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.27-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050.json"

Debian:14 / htmldoc

Package

Name
htmldoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/htmldoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.27-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3050.json"