CVE-2021-40648

In man2html 1.6g, a filename can be created to overwrite the previous size parameter of the next chunk and the fd, bk, fd_nextsize, bk_nextsize of the current chunk. The next chunk is then freed later on, causing a freeing of an arbitrary amount of memory.
References
Link Resource
https://gist.github.com/untaman/cb58123fe89fc65e3984165db5d40933 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:man2html_project:man2html:1.6g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Sep 2022, 19:52

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CWE CWE-20
CPE cpe:2.3:a:man2html_project:man2html:1.6g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://gist.github.com/untaman/cb58123fe89fc65e3984165db5d40933 - (MISC) https://gist.github.com/untaman/cb58123fe89fc65e3984165db5d40933 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

10 Sep 2022, 03:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://man2html.com', 'name': 'http://man2html.com', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'http://na.com', 'name': 'http://na.com', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

09 Sep 2022, 18:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-09-09 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:51


NVD link : CVE-2021-40648

Mitre link : CVE-2021-40648

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-40648


JSON object : View

Products Affected

man2html_project

  • man2html
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation