High
Security advisory
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in pspdf_prepare_page(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-26252
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in pspdf_prepare_page(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
osv:CVE-2021-26252
Complete source record
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