Critical
Security advisory
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Double-free in function pspdf_export(),in ps-pdf.cxx may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-23158
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Double-free in function pspdf_export(),in ps-pdf.cxx may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.
osv:CVE-2021-23158
Complete source record
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