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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-24191

In HTMLDOC 1.9.14, an infinite loop in the gif_read_lzw function can lead to a pointer arbitrarily pointing to heap memory and resulting in a buffer overflow.

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3 Nov 2026, 14:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-24191

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Apr 2022, 10:33 UTC

In HTMLDOC 1.9.14, an infinite loop in the gif_read_lzw function can lead to a pointer arbitrarily pointing to heap memory and resulting in a buffer overflow.

osv:CVE-2022-24191
Complete source record
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