CVE-2024-45508
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node.
How to fix CVE-2024-45508
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/htmldoc—no fix listed
Is CVE-2024-45508 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |